Glyphidocera acuminae

Glyphidocera acuminae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Glyphidocera
Species: G. acuminae
Binomial name
Glyphidocera acuminae
Adamski & Brown, 2001

Glyphidocera acuminae is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Adamski and Brown in 2001. It is found in Venezuela.[1]

The length of the forewings is 5.9 mm. The forewing colour consists of brown and dark-brown scales intermixed with mostly pale brownish-orange scales from the base to the apical end of the discal cell. There is a single brown discal spot near the apical end of the discal cell and the marginal scales are dark brown. The hindwings are pale brown, the area posterior to the cubitus with elongate scales.

Etymology

The species name refers to the pointed apical area of the costa of the valva and is derived from Latin acuminatus (meaning pointed). [2]

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