Biology:Epermenia pithanopis
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Short description: Species of moth
| Epermenia pithanopis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Epermenia |
| Species: | E. pithanopis
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| Binomial name | |
| Epermenia pithanopis Meyrick, 1921
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Epermenia pithanopis is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in India .
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish, the costal half suffused with pale ferruginous brownish except for undefined spaces at about one-third and two-thirds. There is a streak of pale ferruginous-brownish suffusion along the fold and the discal stigmata is very small and black. There are three groups of projecting black scales from the dorsal margin. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Epermenia pithanopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=127813.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 463.
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Wikidata ☰ Q13608881 entry
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