Pedaliotis

Pedaliotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Pedaliotis
Meyrick, 1930
Species: P. dryograpta
Binomial name
Pedaliotis dryograpta
Meyrick, 1930

Pedaliotis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1] It contains only one species, Pedaliotis dryograpta, which is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are rather elongate and pale greyish-ochreous, with some scattered fuscous and blackish specks and markings formed of dense blackish-fuscous irroration. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  2. ↑ Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Sammelreise nach Brasilien, insbesondere in das Amazonasgebiet, ausgeführt von Dr. H. Zerny
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