moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...
in 1928. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
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The
wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan ...
is 12–14 mm. The forewings are light greyish, on the costal half often partially suffused dark grey, especially along the margins of the veins. There is a white costal streak from the base to near the apex and the veins are marked by white lines, on the costal half usually distinct, on the dorsal half usually more or less obscured by general whitish suffusion or longitudinal streaking. The hindwings are light grey.
Taxonomy
The species is alternatively placed as a synonym of ''