Microphidias bacteriopis

Microphidias bacteriopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Microphidias
Meyrick, 1937
Species: M. bacteriopis
Binomial name
Microphidias bacteriopis
Meyrick, 1937

Microphidias bacteriopis is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family, and the only species in the genus Microphidias. It was described by Meyrick in 1937 and is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are white with the discal stigmata small and blackish and with a slight blackish mark on the costal edge near the apex. The hindwings are grey-whitish.[3]

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