Pyramidobela agyrtodes

Pyramidobela agyrtodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Pyramidobela
Species: P. agyrtodes
Binomial name
Pyramidobela agyrtodes
(Meyrick, 1927)[1]
Synonyms
  • Idioptila agyrtodes Meyrick, 1927

Pyramidobela agyrtodes is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It is found from in southern North America from extreme western Texas to southern Chihuahua and Nuevo León.

The length of the forewings is 7.4-9.3 mm. The ground color of the forewings is pale gray, lightly speckled with pale brownish, although the costal half is scattered with ocherous. The ground color of the hindwings is whitish, basally becoming gray-brown toward the apex. Adults are on wing from April to May (in Texas), July (southern Chihuahua) and September (northern Chihuahua).[2]

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