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Ephysteris aulacopis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ephysteris
Species: E. aulacopis
Binomial name
Ephysteris aulacopis
(Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia aulacopis Meyrick, 1923
  • Aristotelia oxythectis Meyrick, 1929
  • Ephysteris dierli Povolný, 1968

Ephysteris aulacopis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Nepal and Assam, India.

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are pale grey speckled with dark fuscous, suffusedly streaked with ochreous brown between the veins, and with a few black specks posteriorly. The stigmata are black, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey.

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2015). "Ephysteris aulacopis (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 6.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Taxon identifiers
Ephysteris aulacopis


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