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Ephysteris flavida

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ephysteris

Ephysteris flavida is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Povolný in 1969. It is found in Mongolia, Iran and China (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang)

The length of the forewings is 3.9–5 mm. The forewings are covered with cream, yellow-tipped scales and mottled by dark-grey scales along the costal margin and termen. The hindwings are pale grey. Adults are on wing in August in China.

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Ephysteris flavida Wikipedia