Ephelictis neochalca

Ephelictis neochalca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Ephelictis
Species: E. neochalca
Binomial name
Ephelictis neochalca
Meyrick, 1904

Ephelictis neochalca is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1904. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia.[1]

The wingspan is 17-19 mm. The forewings are shining brassy-bronze with a rather narrow suffused white costal streak from near the base to three-fourths, extremities attenuated. The stigmata are small and black, with the plical obliquely beyond the first discal. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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