Scythris ejiciens

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Scythris ejiciens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. ejiciens
Binomial name
Scythris ejiciens
Meyrick, 1928

Scythris ejiciens is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found in Peru.[1]

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.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Scythris at funet
  2. ^ Exot. Microlep. 3 (13): 412Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.