Eupragia hospita

Eupragia hospita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Eupragia
Species: E. hospita
Binomial name
Eupragia hospita
Hodges, 1969

Eupragia hospita is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida south to South Carolina and west to Texas.[1][2]

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. The forewings are white streaked with light brown and brown, a spot in the cell and one at the end of the cell dark brown. The hindwings are brownish grey, with the basal row of scales of the cilia slightly paler brownish grey, the distal row grey-white to white.[3]

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