Reductoderces fuscoflava

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Reductoderces fuscoflava
Reductoderces fuscoflava holotype.jpg
Male holotype
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Reductoderces
Species:
R. fuscoflava
Binomial name
Reductoderces fuscoflava
Salmon & Bradley, 1956

Reductoderces fuscoflava is a moth of the Psychidae family. It was described by Salmon and Bradley in 1956. It is found on Campbell Island.

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