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Epipomponia elongata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Epipyropidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Epipomponia

Epipomponia elongata is a moth in the Epipyropidae family. It was described by Jordan in 1928. It is found in South America.

The length of the forewings is about 14.6 mm. Adults are oily bluish green with glossy metallic blue scaling along the costal margin of the forewings, above and near the base. This scaling forms indefinite spots. There is a thin marginal line.

References

Epipomponia elongata Wikipedia