Erysiptila is a genus of moths in the family Depressariidae. It contains only one species, Erysiptila clevelandi, which is found in Panama and Costa Rica.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ethmiinae |
| Genus: | Erysiptila Meyrick, 1914[1] |
| Species: | E. clevelandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Erysiptila clevelandi (Busck, 1914)
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly mottled with grey and with a suffused blackish-fuscous triangular patch extending on the costa from near the base to three-fifths, and reaching half across wing. There are two tufts of scales beneath this on the end of the cell and a few scattered black scales towards the dorsum in the middle. There is also a black dot in the disc towards the apex, and a smaller one on the termen beneath it. The hindwings are grey, suffused darker posteriorly.[3]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Erysiptila.
- ^ Revised Checklist of Elachistidae in Neotropical Region
- ^ Erysiptila at funet
- ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 284
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