Epermenia pithanopis

Epermenia pithanopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species: E. pithanopis
Binomial name
Epermenia pithanopis
Meyrick, 1921

Epermenia pithanopis is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by 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

  1. "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 2: 463


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