Pyroderces nephelopyrrha

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Pyroderces nephelopyrrha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Pyroderces
Species:
P. nephelopyrrha
Binomial name
Pyroderces nephelopyrrha
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Anatrachyntis nephelopyrrhaMeyrick, 1917

Pyroderces nephelopyrrha is a moth of the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Taiwan [1] and India. [2]

The wingspan is about 9 mm. The head is ochreous-whitish. The forewings are narrowly elongate-lanceolate and fuscous, with some undefined whitish-ochreous suffusion along the dorsum. There is an elongate spot of ochreous-whitish suffusion on the costa. The hindwings are rather dark grey. [3]

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References

  1. TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pyroderces nephelopyrrha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  3. Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937