Phelotropa oenodes

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Phelotropa oenodes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Phelotropa
Species:
P. oenodes
Binomial name
Phelotropa oenodes
Meyrick, 1915

Phelotropa oenodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana. [1]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are fuscous purple with the costal edge pale ochreous from one-fourth to the middle, dark fuscous before and beyond this. The basal area is suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous and a strongly dentate oblique dark fuscous shade crossing the wing about one-third, and an irregular curved shade from three-fifths of the costa to the tornus. The discal stigmata are dark fuscous with a series of small dark fuscous spots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are dark grey. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (March 1, 2015). "Phelotropa oenodes Meyrick, 1915". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (13): 412. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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