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 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]

References

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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[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