Eporycta incanescens is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]
| Eporycta incanescens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Xyloryctidae |
| Genus: | Eporycta |
| Species: | E. incanescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Eporycta incanescens Meyrick, 1921
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The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are rather light grey sprinkled with white, more strongly in the disc, with a median longitudinal streak of white suffusion from the base to about end of the cell. There is a faint grey transverse mark on the end of the cell. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 14, 2013). "Eporycta incanescens Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Eporycta incanescens Meyrick, 1921". Afromoths. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 105 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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