Biology:Gnathifera aphronesa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Gnathifera |
| Species: | G. aphronesa
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| Gnathifera aphronesa (Meyrick, 1897)
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Gnathifera aphronesa is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[2]
The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light brown, reddish tinged and sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous. There is a broad undefined white subcostal streak from beneath the costa near the base to the costa at four-fifths and an oblique irregular blackish bar from the costa at one-fifth, reaching to the fold. There is also a black dot beneath the costa at two-fifths, one in the disc close beyond the bar, one on the fold before the middle followed by a ferruginous spot, one in the disc beyond the middle, one at three-fourths edged with white and one on the costa beyond four-fifths. There are also blackish dorsal scale-teeth before and beyond the middle, as well as a round blackish apical spot, preceded by a white costal spot. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Gnathifera aphronesa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=127833.
- ↑ Australian Faunal Directory
- ↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22: 431.
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