Pyroderces nephelopyrrha

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

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

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]

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
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