Haereta niphosceles

Haereta niphosceles
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Haereta
Species: H. niphosceles
Binomial name
Haereta niphosceles
Turner, 1947

Haereta niphosceles is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are rosy with the stigmata fuscous, the first discal at one-fourth, the plical beyond it, the second discal near the middle. There is an interrupted dark fuscous terminal line continued on the apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are white.[2]

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