Ephedroxena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Ephedroxena Meyrick, 1919 |
Species: | E. incisoria |
Binomial name | |
Ephedroxena incisoria Meyrick, 1919 | |
Ephedroxena is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1] It contains only one species, Ephedroxena incisoria, which is found in Guyana.
The wingspan is 8โ9 mm. The head is light brassy-grey. The forewings are elongate and purplish-fuscous suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous. The hindwings are brassy-grey.[2]
References
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- โ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
- โ Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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