Glyphidocera meyrickella

Glyphidocera meyrickella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Glyphidocera
Species: G. meyrickella
Binomial name
Glyphidocera meyrickella
Busck, 1907

Glyphidocera meyrickella is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Busck in 1907. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida, Maine, Maryland, Oklahoma and South Carolina.[1][2]

The wingspan is 14-15 mm. The forewings are ochreous, evenly and profusely sprinkled with black scales and with a blackish discal spot on the middle of the cell and another at the end of the cell.[3]

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