Epharmonia
| Epharmonia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| Infraorder: | Heteroneura |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Epharmonia Meyrick, 1925 |
| Species: | E. ardua |
| Binomial name | |
| Epharmonia ardua (Meyrick, 1910) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Epharmonia is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Epharmonia ardua, which is found in India (Assam).[1]
The wingspan is 19-21 mm. The forewings are brown sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy and dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal, an additional dot beneath the second discal and a small spot of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsum beneath the plical stigma, and a dot beneath the costa beyond the first discal. There is also a pale ochreous line from four-fifths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, indented at one-third. There is a series of blackish dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]
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