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Erysiptila

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Erysiptila
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Subfamily: Ethmiinae
Genus: Erysiptila
Meyrick, 1914[1]
Species:
E. clevelandi
Binomial name
Erysiptila clevelandi
(Busck, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Cyrictodes Meyrick, 1926
  • Borkhausenia clevelandi Busck, 1914
  • Cyrictodes phormophora Meyrick, 1926

Erysiptila is a genus of moths in the family Depressariidae. It contains only one species, Erysiptila clevelandi, which is found in Panama and Costa Rica.[2]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are white, irregularly mottled with grey and with a suffused blackish-fuscous triangular patch extending on the costa from near the base to three-fifths, and reaching half across wing. There are two tufts of scales beneath this on the end of the cell and a few scattered black scales towards the dorsum in the middle. There is also a black dot in the disc towards the apex, and a smaller one on the termen beneath it. The hindwings are grey, suffused darker posteriorly.[3]

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