Glyphidocera ptilostoma

Glyphidocera ptilostoma is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is found in Argentina.[1]

Glyphidocera ptilostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Glyphidocera
Species:
G. ptilostoma
Binomial name
Glyphidocera ptilostoma
Meyrick, 1935

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are light brownish grey sprinkled with dark fuscous. The stigmata form small very indistinct spots of dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles), the plical rather obliquely before the first discal. The hindwings are grey whitish, faintly greyer towards the apex.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (February 14, 2015). "Glyphidocera ptilostoma Meyrick, 1935". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (18-19): 565.


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