Gnathifera eurybias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Gnathifera
Species:
G. eurybias
Binomial name
Gnathifera eurybias
(Meyrick, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Epermenia eurybias Meyrick, 1897

Gnathifera eurybias is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales,[2] Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, irregularly strigulated with dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) and partially finely whitish-sprinkled. There is a black dot beneath the costa near the base, and one in the disc at one-third, as well as an undefined patch of dark fuscous suffusion on the dorsum at one-fourth and a narrow indistinct dark fuscous inwardly oblique median fascia, marked with a small ochreous spot in the disc, and terminating in a large blackish dorsal scale-tooth. There is also a black dot in the disc at three-fourths, followed by a small ochreous spot. The posterior half of the costa is indistinctly spotted with dark fuscous and there is a small ochreous apical spot. The hindwings are fuscous.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Gnathifera eurybias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory
  3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22: 429. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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