Epiphthora achnias is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]
| Epiphthora achnias | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Epiphthora |
| Species: | E. achnias
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| Binomial name | |
| Epiphthora achnias Meyrick, 1904
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The wingspan is about 11 mm (0.43 in). The forewings are white, irrorated (sprinkled) with golden fuscous and with an oblique bar from the middle of the dorsum reaching half across the wing, and a golden-fuscous spot on the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora achnias Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 266. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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