Glyphidocera septentrionella

Glyphidocera septentrionella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Glyphidocera
Species: G. septentrionella
Binomial name
Glyphidocera septentrionella
Busck, 1904
Synonyms
  • Glyphidocera speratella Busck, 1908
  • Glyphidocera isonephes Meyrick, 1929

Glyphidocera septentrionella is a moth of the Autostichidae family. It is known from North America, including British Columbia, California, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Texas.[1][2]

The wingspan is 18-19 mm. The antennae are yellowish fuscous and the face and head are yellowish. The thorax and forewings are yellowish fuscous, evenly sprinkled with black scales. There is a very faint blackish round spot on the basal part of the cell and a similar one somewhat more pronounced on the middle of the cell and a double one at the end of the cell. The hindwings are yellowish fuscous.

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