Sphenocrates aulodocha

Sphenocrates aulodocha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Sphenocrates
Species: S. aulodocha
Binomial name
Sphenocrates aulodocha
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Crocanthes aulodocha Meyrick, 1918

Sphenocrates aulodocha is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are purplish-fuscous with a triangular whitish spot on the middle of the costa, where a whitish line interrupted in the middle runs to near the dorsum beyond the middle. There is a slight whitish mark along the costa near the apex. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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