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Pyroderces nephelopyrrha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Cosmopterigidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pyroderces

Pyroderces nephelopyrrha is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in Taiwan and India.

The 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.

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Pyroderces nephelopyrrha Wikipedia