Erysiptila

Erysiptila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Erysiptila; Meyrick, 1914
Species:	E. clevelandi
Binomial name
	Erysiptila clevelandi; (Busck, 1914)
Synonyms
	Cyrictodes Meyrick, 1926; Borkhausenia clevelandi Busck, 1914; Cyrictodes phormophora Meyrick, 1926;

Erysiptila is a genus of moths in the family Depressariidae. It contains only one species, Erysiptila clevelandi, which is found in Panama and Costa Rica.^[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly mottled with grey and with a suffused blackish-fuscous triangular patch extending on the costa from near the base to three-fifths, and reaching half across wing. There are two tufts of scales beneath this on the end of the cell and a few scattered black scales towards the dorsum in the middle. There is also a black dot in the disc towards the apex, and a smaller one on the termen beneath it. The hindwings are grey, suffused darker posteriorly.^[3]

References

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[1] Revised Checklist of Elachistidae in Neotropical Region

[2] Erysiptila at funet

[3] Exot. Microlep. 3 (9): 284

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