Epiphthora spectrella

Epiphthora spectrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Epiphthora
Species:	E. spectrella
Binomial name
	Epiphthora spectrella; Meyrick, 1904

Last updated November 17, 2022

Epiphthora spectrella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.^[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in). The forewings are whitish, sometimes much suffused with whitish ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with ochreous or fuscous. There is an outwardly oblique bar from the middle of the dorsum reaching halfway across the wing, and a spot on the tornus which is dark fuscous, often partially or almost wholly obsolete. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

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References

↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora spectrella Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (2): 266. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora spectrella Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[2] Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (2): 266. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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