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Glyphidocera dominicella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Autostichidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Glyphidocera

Glyphidocera dominicella is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from Dominica.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are fawn-grey, sparsely sprinkled with olive-brown and with two olive-brown spots on the disc, one at its outer extremity, the other halfway between this and the base. The hindwings are brownish olivaceous.

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Glyphidocera dominicella Wikipedia