Ephedroxena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Ephedroxena Meyrick, 1919 |
Species: | E. incisoria |
Binomial name | |
Ephedroxena incisoria Meyrick, 1919 |
Ephedroxena are a genus of insect, belonging to the family Tineidae.[1] It contains only one species, Ephedroxena incisoria, which is found in Guyana.
The wingspan is 8-9 mm. The head is light brassy-grey. The forewings are elongate and purplish-fuscous suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous. The hindwings are brassy-grey.[2]