Amblyptilia epotis

Amblyptilia epotis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 and named Platyptilia epotis.[3]

Amblyptilia epotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Amblyptilia
Species:
A. epotis
Binomial name
Amblyptilia epotis
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia epotis Meyrick, 1905
  • Stenoptilia epotis' Meyrick, 1905

The wingspan is about 25 millimetres (0.98 in). 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.[4]


References
  1. Lepidoptera of New Zealand
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 463. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 134. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  4. Meyrick, Edward (1905-07-15). "XII. Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 219–244. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1905.TB02451.X – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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