Scythris ejiciens explained

Scythris ejiciens is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The forewings are rather dark purplish-fuscous with a whitish-ochreous streak along the fold from the base to beyond the middle of the wing and a roundish whitish-ochreous spot in the disc at three-fourths. The hindwings are dark grey.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/scythrididae/scythris/ Scythris at funet
  2. https://archive.org/stream/exoticmicrolepid03meyr#page/412/mode/1up Exot. Microlep. 3 (13): 412