Machimia eothina

Machimia eothina is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in French Guiana.[2]

Machimia eothina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Machimia
Species:
M. eothina
Binomial name
Machimia eothina
Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are whitish with scattered dark grey scales. The costa is narrowly suffused with pale rosy and the stigmata is cloudy and dark grey. There is a curved subterminal series of cloudy dark grey dots from beneath the costa at three-fouths to before the tornus. The terminal edge is rosy tinged. The hindwings are ochreous whitish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Machimia eothina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 16, 2015). "Machimia eothina Meyrick, 1920". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (12): 376.


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