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Epiphthora thyellias

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Epiphthora

Epiphthora thyellias is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white, suffused with whitish-ochreous except towards the apex, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous. There is a broad longitudinal streak of dark fuscous irroration from before the middle of the disc to the apex. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish.

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Epiphthora thyellias Wikipedia