Biology:Ephysteris aulacopis

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Short description: Species of moth

Ephysteris aulacopis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ephysteris
Species:
E. aulacopis
Binomial name
Ephysteris aulacopis
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia aulacopis Meyrick, 1923
  • Aristotelia oxythectis Meyrick, 1929
  • Ephysteris dierli Povolný, 1968

Ephysteris aulacopis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Nepal and Assam, India.[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are pale grey speckled with dark fuscous, suffusedly streaked with ochreous brown between the veins, and with a few black specks posteriorly. The stigmata are black, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13609011 entry