Epermenia phorticopa is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in India.[2]
| Epermenia phorticopa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Epermenia |
| Species: | E. phorticopa
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| Binomial name | |
| Epermenia phorticopa Meyrick, 1921
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The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are dark purplish fuscous, grey speckled and with an obscure grey spot above the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia phorticopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia phorticopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 464.
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