Nedenia

Nedenia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Subfamily:	Depressariinae
Genus:	Nedenia J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
Species:	N. rhodochra
Binomial name
Nedenia rhodochra J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

Nedenia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Nedenia rhodochra, is found in Chile. Both the genus and species were described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978. ^[1]

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings are buff with the extreme edge of the costa narrowly coral red and yellow. There is a small, outwardly oblique blackish dash at the extreme base of the costa and at the basal third are scattered blackish scales which form an ill-defined blackish dash. A conspicuous triangular vinaceous-brown spot with its base on the costa is found at the apical two-thirds. In the cell and on the fold are some scattered blackish scales, while there is a vinaceous-brown suffusion on the dorsum. In females, the extreme dorsal edge is blackish fuscous. The hindwings are whitish to pale buff. ^[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Nedenia Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
2. Clarke, J. F. Gates (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 40. Retrieved 15 December 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .