Epiphthora delochorda is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1918. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[1]
| Epiphthora delochorda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Epiphthora |
| Species: | E. delochorda
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| Binomial name | |
| Epiphthora delochorda Lower, 1918
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey whitish with a narrow white streak along the costa, from one-quarter to three-quarters and a narrow white streak along the fold, obscured posteriorly. There is a fuscous outwardly oblique rather broad bar, from the dorsum at one-third to the termination of a white streak along the fold. The hindwings are grey, tinged with pale fuscous.[2]
References edit
- ^ Savela, Markku (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora delochorda Lower, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 42: 237.
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