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Glyphidocera democratica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Autostichidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Glyphidocera

Glyphidocera democratica is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

The wingspan is 16-18 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-brown, thinly sprinkled dark fuscous. The stigmata are cloudy, dark fuscous, the first discal moderately large, the plical slightly before it, the second discal slightly transverse or indistinctly double. The apical edge is suffused fuscous. The hindwings are light grey.

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Glyphidocera democratica Wikipedia