Gnathifera aphronesa

Gnathifera aphronesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Gnathifera
Species: G. aphronesa
Binomial name
Gnathifera aphronesa
(Meyrick, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Epermenia aphronesa Meyrick, 1897

Gnathifera aphronesa is a moth in the Epermeniidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[2]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light brown, reddish-tinged and sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous. There is a broad undefined white subcostal streak from beneath the costa near the base to the costa at four-fifth and an oblique irregular blackish bar from the costa at one-fifth, reaching to the fold. There is also a black dot beneath the costa at two-fifths, one in the disc close beyond the bar, one on the fold before the middle followed by a ferruginous spot, one in the disc beyond the middle, one at three-fourth edged with white and one on the costa beyond four-fifth. There are also blackish dorsal scale-teeth before and beyond the middle, as well as a round blackish apical spot, preceded by a white costal spot. The hindwings are pale grey.[3]

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