Obithome
Obithome | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
Genus: | Obithome Hodges, 1964 |
Species: | O. punctiferella |
Binomial name | |
Obithome punctiferella (Busck, 1906) | |
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Obithome is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It contains only one species, Obithome punctiferella, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas.[1][2]
The wingspan is 10-11 mm. The forewings are dark silvery grey, evenly speckled with numerous minute tufts of black scales. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing in January.
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