Biology:Epiphthora delochorda

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Short description: Species of moth

Epiphthora delochorda
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Epiphthora
Species:
E. delochorda
Binomial name
Epiphthora delochorda
Lower, 1918

Epiphthora delochorda is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1918. It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from South Australia.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey whitish with a narrow white streak along the costa, from one-quarter to three-quarters and a narrow white streak along the fold, obscured posteriorly. There is a fuscous outwardly oblique rather broad bar, from the dorsum at one-third to the termination of a white streak along the fold. The hindwings are grey, tinged with pale fuscous.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q22285352 entry