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Glyphidocera bifissa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Autostichidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Glyphidocera

Glyphidocera bifissa is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1930. It is found in Brazil (Amazon).

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark grey and there is a small pale greyish-ochreous spot in the middle of the base, and the extreme dorsal edge is pale greyish-ochreous at the base. There is a short pale greyish-ochreous dash on the fold beneath the middle, and a longer one in the disc beyond the middle. There are some indistinct marginal dots of pale greyish-ochreous suffusion around the apex and termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

Glyphidocera bifissa Wikipedia