Pedois rhodomita
Pedois rhodomita is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
| Pedois rhodomita | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Pedois |
| Species: | P. rhodomita |
| Binomial name | |
| Pedois rhodomita Turner, 1900 | |
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are whitish, irrorated with reddish scales, which form numerous confused longitudinal streaks, a reddish-fuscous dot in the disc before the middle, a second beyond the middle, and a third on the fold beneath the first. There is a series of reddish-fuscous dots on the apical third of the costa and hindmargin. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
- "Pedois Lower, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 13
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