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Glyphidocera umbrata

(Glyphidocera umbrata)

Description

Glyphidocera umbrata is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1911. It is found in Guatemala. The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark greyish brown with paler brownish cinereous sprinkling about the basal third, across the wing-middle, and narrowly across the apical fifth in a line parallel to the termen. The hindwings are pale brownish cinereous.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Symmocidae
Genus:Glyphidocera
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