Phelotropa oenodes

(Phelotropa oenodes)

Description

Phelotropa oenodes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Guyana. The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are fuscous-purple with the costal edge pale ochreous from one-fourth to the middle, dark fuscous before and beyond this. The basal area is suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous and a strongly dentate oblique dark fuscous shade crossing the wing about one-third, and an irregular curved shade from three-fifths of the costa to the tornus. The discal stigmata are dark fuscous with a series of small dark fuscous spots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are dark grey.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Oecophoridae
Genus:Phelotropa
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