Epermenia stolidota
Epermenia stolidota is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1917.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Arizona.[2]
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The wingspan is 20-22 mm.[3] The forewings are whitish ocherous, between the veins more ocherous and irrorated (speckled) with light gray and a few blackish scales. The stigmata are small and black and the plical elongate, very obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are light gray.[4]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia stolidota". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- Gaedike, Reinhard (2008). "New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 151: 57–64.
- "520004.00 – 2326 – Epermenia stolidota – (Meyrick, 1917)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
- Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 66
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