Empalactis sporogramma

Empalactis sporogramma is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in northern Australia.[2]

Empalactis sporogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Empalactis
Species:
E. sporogramma
Binomial name
Empalactis sporogramma
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Nothris sporogramma Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish, more ochreous tinged posteriorly and with black dots on the costa at about one-third and beyond the middle. There are subcostal and median longitudinal series of irregularly arranged black scales in the posterior half of the wing, and some on the fold forming two elongate subconfluent marks posteriorly. The hindwings are grey whitish, towards the apex whitish ochreous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Empalactis sporogramma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 16, 2019). "Empalactis sporogramma (Meyrick, 1921)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (14): 433.


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