Ephysteris leptocentra

Ephysteris leptocentra is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Sri Lanka, southern India, Bengal and Myanmar.[1]

Ephysteris leptocentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Ephysteris
Species:
E. leptocentra
Binomial name
Ephysteris leptocentra
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Aristotelia leptocentra Meyrick, 1912
  • Phthorimaea atalopis Meyrick, 1918

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, irregularly marbled with pale grey suffusion, the marblings sometimes sprinkled with blackish points. The first discal stigma is very faint and ferruginous, the plical and second discal distinct, blackish, with the plical slightly before the first discal, all these surrounded by clear spaces of ground colour. The hindwings are ochreous whitish or grey whitish.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 10, 2015). "Ephysteris leptocentra (Meyrick, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (2): 64.


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