Glyphidocera ptilostoma

Glyphidocera ptilostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Glyphidocera
Species: G. ptilostoma
Binomial name
Glyphidocera ptilostoma
Meyrick, 1935

Glyphidocera ptilostoma is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1935. It is found in Argentina.[1]

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are light brownish-grey sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata form small very indistinct spots of dark fuscous irroration, the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey-whitish, faintly greyer towards the apex.[2]

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