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Eristhenodes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
E. tetrapetra

Eristhenodes is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Eristhenodes tetrapetra, which is found in Argentina.

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous mixed brownish and sprinkled dark grey and with four broad irregular somewhat oblique dark fuscous fasciae, irregularly connected in the disc and more or less narrowed or partially obsolete towards the dorsum. The hindwings are light bluish-grey.

References

Eristhenodes Wikipedia