Glyphidocera barythyma

Glyphidocera barythyma is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Indiana and Texas.[1][2]

Glyphidocera barythyma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Glyphidocera
Species:
G. barythyma
Binomial name
Glyphidocera barythyma
Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The forewings are light grayish ocherous rather closely sprinkled with dark fuscous with a small cloudy dark fuscous spot in the disc at one-fifth. The stigmata are moderate, cloudy, dark fuscous, the first discal rather large, the plical rather obliquely before it, an additional dot directly beneath the second discal and confluent with it. There is a fuscous line on the upper part of the termen. The hindwings are light gray.[3]

References

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 14, 2015). "Glyphidocera barythyma Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. "420015.00 – 1136 – Glyphidocera barythyma – Meyrick, 1929". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 530.


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