Amblyptilia epotis
| Amblyptilia epotis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Amblyptilia |
| Species: | A. epotis |
| Binomial name | |
| Amblyptilia epotis (Meyrick, 1905)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblyptilia epotis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is found in New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). The head is white and the Palpi are greyish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, white above. The antennae are grey and the thorax is whitish sprinkled with brownish-ochreous. The abdomen is white, partially suffused with pale brownish-ochreous except towards the base. The forewings are pale brownish-ochreous densely irrorated with white. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ Lepidoptera of New Zealand
- ↑ "Transactions of the Entomological Society of London". Archive.org. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
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