Machimia ochrophanes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1916.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
| Machimia ochrophanes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Machimia |
| Species: | M. ochrophanes
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| Binomial name | |
| Machimia ochrophanes Turner, 1916
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The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-whitish, in females suffused with grey. The discal dots are obscure and there sometimes is a fuscous dot above the middle. There is a dot at two-thirds and sometimes another at one-third and another beyond it on the fold. The hindwings are ochreous grey-whitish, but darker in females.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oecophorinae unplaced species ochrophanes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
- ^ Machimia at funet
- ^ Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 41 (2) : 371
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