Nephogenes melanoptila is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.[2]
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The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The forewings are light fuscous grey, with scattered grey-whitish scales, and sometimes a few black scales. There is a raised blackish tuft in the disc before the middle, and a second obliquely beyond it on the fold, sometimes connected with the margins by a few raised black scales. An irregular line of raised black scales is found from three-fifths of the costa to the anal angle, more strongly marked in the disc. There are also a few black scales forming a carved transverse line towards the hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous grey.
The larvae possibly feed on Kunzea capitata.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nephogenes melanoptila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Nephogenes melanoptila (Meyrick, 1883)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 8 (3): 370.
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