Epiphthora isonira

Epiphthora isonira
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Epiphthora
Species:
E. isonira
Binomial name
Epiphthora isonira
Meyrick, 1904

Epiphthora isonira 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 New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is 9โ€“11 mm (0.35โ€“0.43 in). The forewings are white, more or less thinly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with small dark fuscous spots beneath the costa at one-sixth and one-third, and in the disc at one-sixth. There is a curved oblique dark fuscous bar from the middle of the dorsum, reaching halfway across the wing, sometimes interrupted. A dark fuscous spot is found on the tornus. All these markings vary in distinctness. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora isonira Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 264. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 โ€“ via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.