Nephogenes melanoptila

Nephogenes melanoptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Nephogenes
Species:	N. melanoptila
Binomial name
	Nephogenes melanoptila; (Meyrick, 1883)
Synonyms
	Trachypepla melanoptilaMeyrick, 1915; Eulechria dochmotypaTurner, 1938;

Last updated August 23, 2022

Nephogenes melanoptila is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.^[2]

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The forewings are light fuscous grey, with scattered grey-whitish scales, and sometimes a few black scales. There is a raised blackish tuft in the disc before the middle, and a second obliquely beyond it on the fold, sometimes connected with the margins by a few raised black scales. An irregular line of raised black scales is found from three-fifths of the costa to the anal angle, more strongly marked in the disc. There are also a few black scales forming a carved transverse line towards the hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous grey.

The larvae possibly feed on Kunzea capitata .^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nephogenes melanoptila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 17 May 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Nephogenes melanoptila (Meyrick, 1883)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 8 (3): 370. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nephogenes melanoptila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku (ed.). "Nephogenes melanoptila (Meyrick, 1883)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 17 May 2018.

[3] Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 8 (3): 370. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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