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Epermenia pithanopis

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Epermenia pithanopis
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E. pithanopis
Binomial name
Epermenia pithanopis
Meyrick, 1921

Epermenia pithanopis is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in India.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish, the costal half suffused with pale ferruginous-brownish except for undefined spaces at about one-third and two-thirds. There is a streak of pale ferruginous-brownish suffusion along the fold and the discal stigmata is very small and black. There are three groups of projecting black scales from the dorsal margin. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia pithanopis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlep. 2: 463