Epimactis Monodoxa
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''Epimactis monodoxa'' is a
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
in the family
Lecithoceridae The Lecithoceridae, or long-horned moths, are a family of small moths described by Simon Le Marchand in 1947. Although lecithocerids are found throughout the world, the great majority are found in the Indomalayan realm and the southern part of the ...
. It was described by
Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Ed ...
in 1907. It is found in
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...
is 19–23 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, yellowish tinged, towards the dorsum slightly tinged with brownish. The discal stigmata are fuscous, the first minute, the second moderate and round. The hindwings are light grey in males and whitish ochreous in females.''Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society''. 17 (3): 741.


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Moths described in 1907 Epimactis Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Lecithoceridae-stub