Gnathifera eurybias is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales,[2] Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epermeniidae |
| Genus: | Gnathifera |
| Species: | G. eurybias
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| Gnathifera eurybias (Meyrick, 1897)
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The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, irregularly strigulated with dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) and partially finely whitish-sprinkled. There is a black dot beneath the costa near the base, and one in the disc at one-third, as well as an undefined patch of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsum at one-fourth and a narrow indistinct dark fuscous inwardly oblique median fascia, marked with a small ochreous spot in the disc, and terminating in a large blackish dorsal scale-tooth. There is also a black dot in the disc at three-fourths, followed by a small ochreous spot. The posterior half of the costa is indistinctly spotted with dark fuscous and there is a small ochreous apical spot. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gnathifera eurybias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22: 429.
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