Epiphractis thysanarcha

Epiphractis thysanarcha is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. This species was described from South Africa.[1]

Epiphractis thysanarcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Oecophoridae
Subfamily:
Oecophorinae
Genus:
Epiphractis
Species:
E. thysanarcha
Binomial name
Epiphractis thysanarcha
Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are dull brownish-crimson. The forewings are elongate, the costa moderately arched, dull light crimson, slightly ochreous tinged with a few scattered blackish scales posteriorly and an inwardly oblique dark grey streak from the middle of the dorsum, reaching half across the wing, edged posteriorly with light ochreous-yellowish. The second discal stigma is small and dark grey and there is a short rather inwards-oblique streak of dark grey suffusion from the dorsum beneath it. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) [09.Dec.2015]
  2. Meyrick E. 1918a. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 6(2):7–59. (on page 53) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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