Ephysteris aulacopis

Ephysteris aulacopis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ephysteris
Species:	E. aulacopis
Binomial name
	Ephysteris aulacopis; (Meyrick, 1923)
Synonyms
	Aristotelia aulacopis Meyrick, 1923; Aristotelia oxythectis Meyrick, 1929; Ephysteris dierli Povolný, 1968;

Ephysteris aulacopis is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Nepal and Assam, India.^[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are pale grey speckled with dark fuscous, suffusedly streaked with ochreous brown between the veins, and with a few black specks posteriorly. The stigmata are black, the plical obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2015). "Ephysteris aulacopis (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 6.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2015). "Ephysteris aulacopis (Meyrick, 1923)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 6.

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