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Glyphidocera umbrata

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Glyphidocera umbrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Glyphidocera
Species:
G. umbrata
Binomial name
Glyphidocera umbrata

Glyphidocera umbrata is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1911. It is found in Guatemala.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark greyish brown with paler brownish cinereous sprinkling about the basal third, across the wing-middle, and narrowly across the apical fifth in a line parallel to the termen. The hindwings are pale brownish cinereous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Glyphidocera Walsingham, [1892]". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. ^ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 111 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.