Echiomima viperina

Echiomima viperina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Echiomima
Species: E. viperina
Binomial name
Echiomima viperina
Meyrick, 1915

Echiomima viperina is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 46 mm. The forewings are brown-grey, irregularly tinged with light crimson-rosy suffusion. The second discal stigma is blackish. The hindwings are rosy-ochreous.[2]

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