Scythris ejiciens

(Scythris ejiciens)

Description

Scythris ejiciens is a moth of the Scythrididae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found in Peru. The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-fuscous with a whitish-ochreous streak along the fold from the base to beyond the middle of the wing and a roundish whitish-ochreous spot in the disc at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Scythrididae
Genus:Scythris
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