Ephelictis neochalca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[1]

Ephelictis neochalca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ephelictis
Species:
E. neochalca
Binomial name
Ephelictis neochalca
Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in). The forewings are shining brassy bronze with a rather narrow suffused white costal streak from near the base to three-fourths, extremities attenuated. The stigmata are small and black, with the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (8 May 2014). "Ephelictis neochalca Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 388. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.20163 – via Internet Archive.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.