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Epermenia stolidota

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Epermenia stolidota
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E. stolidota
Binomial name
Epermenia stolidota
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Acanthedra stolidota Meyrick, 1917

Epermenia stolidota is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Arizona.[2]

The wingspan is 20[3]-22 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, between the veins more ochreous and irrorated with light grey and a few blackish scales. The stigmata is small and black and the plical elongate, very obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are light grey.[4]

References

  1. ^ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-29.
  2. ^ Gaedike, R., 2008: New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151: 57-64. Full article: [1].
  3. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ^ Exotic Microlep. 2: 66