Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Coleophoridae Scientific name Enscepastra lathraea | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Enscepastra Rank Species | |
Enscepastra lathraea is a species of moth of the Coleophoridae family. It is known from South Africa.
The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The head and thorax are pale glossy grey. The palpi are whitish, dark fuscous on the basal half and beneath throughout. The abdomen is light grey. The forewings are lanceolate, light glossy grey with a broad suffused glossy white costal streak. The hindwings are very pale bluish-grey.
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