Epermenia macescens

Epermenia macescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Epermenia
Species:	E. macescens
Binomial name
	Epermenia macescens; Meyrick, 1917

Epermenia macescens is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.^[1] It is found in India.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are brownish grey, irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark grey. The discal stigmata are small, black and widely remote, with some longitudinal ochreous-brownish suffusion between these. The hindwings are light grey.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia macescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 66.

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia macescens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.

[2] Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 66.

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