| Pyroderces nephelopyrrha | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Pyroderces |
| Species: | P. nephelopyrrha |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyroderces nephelopyrrha (Meyrick, 1917) | |
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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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- ↑ TaiBNET - Catalogue of Life of Taiwan
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Exotic microlepidoptera, v. 1-5, Mar. 1912-Nov. 1937
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