Epiphthora phantasta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

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

The wingspan is 11–14 mm (0.43–0.55 in). The forewings are pale greyish ochreous, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and with an outwardly oblique bar from the middle of the dorsum to the middle of the disc, an undefined spot on the tornus, and a cloudy dash beyond it towards the apex dark fuscous, sometimes nearly obsolete. The hindwings are very pale grey.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (25 April 2014). "Epiphthora phantasta Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  2. ^ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (2): 266.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.