Epiphthora phantasta

Epiphthora phantasta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

Epiphthora phantasta
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E. phantasta
Binomial name
Epiphthora phantasta
Meyrick, 1904

The wingspan is 11–14 mm (0.43–0.55 in). The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous, irrorated with fuscous and with an outwardly oblique bar from the middle of the dorsum to the middle of the disc, an undefined spot on the tornus, and a cloudy dash beyond it towards the apex dark fuscous, sometimes nearly obsolete. The hindwings are very pale grey.[2]

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