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Epermenia pithanopis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Epermeniidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Epermenia

Epermenia pithanopis is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1921. It is found in India.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are whitish, the costal half suffused with pale ferruginous-brownish except for undefined spaces at about one-third and two-thirds. There is a streak of pale ferruginous-brownish suffusion along the fold and the discal stigmata is very small and black. There are three groups of projecting black scales from the dorsal margin. The hindwings are grey.

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Epermenia pithanopis Wikipedia