Ephelictis neochalca

Ephelictis neochalca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Ephelictis
Species:	E. neochalca
Binomial name
	Ephelictis neochalca; Meyrick, 1904

Ephelictis neochalca is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.^[1]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm (0.67–0.75 in). The forewings are shining brassy bronze with a rather narrow suffused white costal streak from near the base to three-fourths, extremities attenuated. The stigmata are small and black, with the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References[]

^ Savela, Markku, ed. (8 May 2014). "Ephelictis neochalca Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
^ Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 388 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (8 May 2014). "Ephelictis neochalca Meyrick, 1904". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 28 August 2020.

[2] Meyrick, E. (1904). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (part II [number 114]): 388 – via Internet Archive.

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