Glyphidocera meyrickella

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

Glyphidocera meyrickella
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G. meyrickella
Binomial name
Glyphidocera meyrickella
Busck, 1907

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]

References

  1. "Glyphidocera Walsingham, [1892]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 15: 138


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