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Phelotropa conversa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Phelotropa

Phelotropa conversa is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1923. It is found in French Guiana.

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, towards the termen whitish-tinged between the veins. The second discal stigma is dark fuscous, the plical represented by a minute dark fuscous dash. There is also a marginal series of dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey.

References

Phelotropa conversa Wikipedia