Glyphidocera lithodoxa in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/4/2021). (c) Hugh McGuinness, all rights reserved.
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| Glyphidocera lithodoxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Glyphidocera |
| Species: | G. lithodoxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Glyphidocera lithodoxa Meyrick, 1929
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Glyphidocera lithodoxa is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maine, Massachusetts, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas.[1][2]
The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are pale grayish ocherous sprinkled with gray. The stigmata are gray, the plical and first discal small, indistinct or obsolete, the plical rather anterior, the second discal moderately large, round and distinct. The hindwings are gray whitish, towards the apex suffused with pale gray.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (February 14, 2015). "Glyphidocera lithodoxa Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "420022.00 – 1140 – Glyphidocera lithodoxa – Meyrick, 1929". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 529.
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