''Glyphipterix hemipempta'' is a species of
sedge moth in the genus ''
Glyphipterix
''Glyphipterix'' is a genus of sedge moths. It was described by Jacob Hübner in 1825.
Species
*'' Glyphipterix achlyoessa''
*'' Glyphipterix acinacella'' Meyrick, 1882 (from Australia)
*'' Glyphipterix acronoma''
*'' Glyphipterix acrothecta'' ...
''. It was described by
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 1909. It is found in southern
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
and
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
References
Moths described in 1909
Glyphipterigidae
Moths of Asia
Moths of Sri Lanka
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