Ephedroxena
Appearance
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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
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Binomial name | |
Ephedroxena incisoria Meyrick, 1919
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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 8–9 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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Wikispecies has information related to Ephedroxena.
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
- ^ Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937
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