Amblyptilia epotis

Amblyptilia epotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Amblyptilia
Species: A. epotis
Binomial name
Amblyptilia epotis
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia epotis Meyrick, 1905
  • Stenoptilia epotis Meyrick, 1905

Amblyptilia epotis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). The head is white and the Palpi are greyish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, white above. The antennae are grey and the thorax is whitish sprinkled with brownish-ochreous. The abdomen is white, partially suffused with pale brownish-ochreous except towards the base. The forewings are pale brownish-ochreous densely irrorated with white. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Lepidoptera of New Zealand
  2. ↑ "Transactions of the Entomological Society of London". Archive.org. Retrieved 4 July 2011.


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