Epermenia symmorias

Epermenia symmorias is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in Fiji.

Epermenia symmorias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Epermeniidae
Genus:
Epermenia
Species:
E. symmorias
Binomial name
Epermenia symmorias
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are grey whitish speckled with grey and with a black dot beneath the fold at one-fifth. There is a narrow rather dark brown antemedian fascia rather inwards-oblique from the costa, dark fuscous towards the costa, beyond this, the costal third of the wing is dark fuscous and the median third rather dark brown. The dorsal third is irrorated (sprinkled) with dark grey with a projection into the brown area at three-fourths, including a black dot. A fine oblique whitish strigula runs from the costa towards the apex and there is a fine blackish dash before the apex. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epermenia symmorias". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 52.


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