Pyroderces nephelopyrrha

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

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

The 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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