Amblyptilia epotis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Amblyptilia |
Species: | A. epotis |
Binomial name | |
Amblyptilia epotis (Meyrick, 1905)[1] |
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Amblyptilia epotis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 25 mm. The head is white and the Palpi are greyish-ochreous sprinkled with dark fuscous, white above. The antennae are grey and the thorax is whitish sprinkled with brownish-ochreous. The abdomen is white, partially suffused with pale brownish-ochreous except towards the base. The forewings are pale brownish-ochreous densely irrorated with white. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[2]