Biology:Epiphthora niphaula
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Short description: Species of moth
| Epiphthora niphaula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Epiphthora |
| Species: | E. niphaula
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| Binomial name | |
| Epiphthora niphaula Meyrick, 1904
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Epiphthora niphaula 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 Tasmania.[1]
The wingspan is about 9 mm (0.35 in). The forewings are brownish ochreous mixed with white and with a moderately broad silvery-white costal streak from the base to the apex. There is a cloudy undefined white streak along the submedian fold from the base to the tornus. The hindwings are grey whitish.[2]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora niphaula Meyrick, 1904". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/apatetrinae/epiphthora/#niphaula. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29 (part II [number 114]): 263. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflin29linn#page/263/mode/1up.
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Wikidata ☰ Q22285459 entry
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