Glyphidocera exsiccata

Glyphidocera exsiccata is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]

Glyphidocera exsiccata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Glyphidocera
Species:
G. exsiccata
Binomial name
Glyphidocera exsiccata
Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 9–12 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous and with a dark fuscous dot in the disc at one-fourth. The stigmata are cloudy, dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal, an additional dot beneath the second discal. There are some cloudy dark fuscous dots on the termen. The hindwings are grey or whitish grey.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 14, 2015). "Glyphidocera exsiccata Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 273.


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