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Eupragia hospita

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eupragia

Eupragia hospita is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida south to South Carolina and west to Texas.

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The forewings are white streaked with light brown and brown, a spot in the cell and one at the end of the cell dark brown. The hindwings are brownish grey, with the basal row of scales of the cilia slightly paler brownish grey, the distal row grey-white to white.

References

Eupragia hospita Wikipedia