Stenodacma pyrrhodes

Stenodacma pyrrhodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Stenodacma
Species: S. pyrrhodes
Binomial name
Stenodacma pyrrhodes
(Meyrick, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Trichoptilus pyrrhodes Meyrick, 1889
  • Oxyptilus kinbane Matsumura, 1931
  • Trichoptilus kinbane

Stenodacma pyrrhodes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Australia, India, Japan, South Africa, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand and Korea. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.

The wingspan is 10–11 millimetres (0.39–0.43 in).[1]

Taxonomy

Stenodacma pyrrhodes was placed as a synonym of Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851), but pyrrhodes was restored as a valid species by Ernst Arenberger in 2002.

References

  1. ↑ "Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India" (PDF). Zoo Sprint. Retrieved 3 June 2010.


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