Glyphidocera meyrickella

Glyphidocera meyrickella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Glyphidocera
Species:
G. meyrickella
Binomial name
Glyphidocera meyrickella
Busck, 1907

Glyphidocera meyrickella is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by August Busck in 1907. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Maine, Maryland, Oklahoma and South Carolina.[1][2]

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are ochreous, evenly and profusely sprinkled with black scales and with a blackish discal spot on the middle of the cell and another at the end of the cell.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Glyphidocera Walsingham, [1892]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. ^ Journal of the New York Entomological Society 15: 138 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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