Pyroderces sarcogypsa

Pyroderces sarcogypsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Cosmopterigidae
Genus:	Pyroderces
Species:	P. sarcogypsa
Binomial name
	Pyroderces sarcogypsa; (Meyrick, 1932)
Synonyms
	Labdia sarcogypsa Meyrick, 1932;

Pyroderces sarcogypsa is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in China (Fujian, Guizhou, Jiangxi), Japan and the Russian Far East.

The wingspan is 13–15 mm.^[1] The ground colour of the forewings are ochreous yellow, but white along the distal five-sixth of the costal margin and yellowish white from below the fold to the dorsal margin. There is a longitudinal white line along the upper margin of the cell.^[2]

References

↑ Japanese Moths
↑ Zhang, Z.; Li, H. 2009: The genus Pyroderces Herrich-Schäffer new to China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae). Zootaxa, 2272: 63-68.

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[1] Japanese Moths

[2] Zhang, Z.; Li, H. 2009: The genus Pyroderces Herrich-Schäffer new to China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae). Zootaxa, 2272: 63-68.