Epiphthora harpastis

Short description: Species of moth

Epiphthora harpastis

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Gelechiidae
Genus:  | Epiphthora
Species:  |

E. harpastis

Binomial name
Epiphthora harpastis

Meyrick, 1904

Epiphthora harpastis 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 Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm (0.39–0.43 in). The forewings are whitish, irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous and with a very indistinct darker slender transverse fascia at one-third, slightly oblique. There is an oblique bar from the middle of the dorsum, and a spot on the tornus darker, very obscure. The hindwings are light grey.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora harpastis Meyrick, 1904". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/apatetrinae/epiphthora/#harpastis. 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]): 267. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163. https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsoflin29linn#page/267/mode/1up. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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