Depressaria petronoma

Depressaria petronoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. petronoma
Binomial name
Depressaria petronoma
Meyrick, 1934

Depressaria petronoma is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1934. It is found in Japan.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, suffusedly sprinkled grey with slight pinkish tinge and with a short blackish-grey dash beneath the costal edge in the middle. There are some short scattered blackish-grey linear marks, the plical and second discal stigmata indicated by obscure dots, a clearer space in the disc between these and there is a series of cloudy blackish-grey dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are light grey, darker posteriorly.[2]

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