''Glyphidocera reparabilis'' is a

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 ...

in the family

Autostichidae Autostichidae is a family of moths in the moth superfamily Gelechioidea __NOTOC__ Gelechioidea (from the type genus '' Gelechia'', "keeping to the ground") is the superfamily of moths that contains the case-bearers, twirler moths, and relatives ...

. It was described by

Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham (29 July 1843 – 3 December 1919), of Merton Hall, Norfolk, was an English politician and amateur entomologist. Biography Walsingham was the son of Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham, and Augusta-Loui ...

, in 1911. It is found in

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

. 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 9–10 mm. Its forewings are pale fawn, but so profusely sprinkled with brownish fuscous that the paler ground-colour is almost entirely obliterated. The discal spots on its wings are perceptible, one is near the base, one, larger, before the middle, and one at the end of the cell, all dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale brownish grey, with no considerable thickening near the flexus.Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 112

References

Glyphidocerinae Moths of Central America Taxa named by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham Moths described in 1911 {{glyphidocerinae-stub