Glyphidocera catectis

Glyphidocera catectis is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Ecuador.[1]

Glyphidocera catectis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Glyphidocera
Species:
G. catectis
Binomial name
Glyphidocera catectis
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are ochreous irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous with a rather large transverse-oval fuscous spot in the disc at two-fifths, and a smaller transverse spot at two-thirds, the space between these clearer ochreous. The hindwings are pale grey, the basal half suffused with ochreous whitish and partially clothed with modified scales.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 14, 2015). "Glyphidocera catectis Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 49.


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