Epermenia anacantha

Epermenia anacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Epermenia
Species: E. anacantha
Binomial name
Epermenia anacantha
Meyrick, 1917

Epermenia anacantha is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are light fuscous or greyish-ochreous, the base suffused with fine dark fuscous irroration and the margins with a faint coarse strigulation of dark fuscous specks. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia anacantha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 2: 69


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