Stenodacma pyrrhodes

Stenodacma pyrrhodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenodacma
Species: S. pyrrhodes
Binomial name
Stenodacma pyrrhodes
(Meyrick, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Trichoptilus pyrrhodes Meyrick, 1889
  • Oxyptilus kinbane Matsumura, 1931
  • Trichoptilus kinbane

Stenodacma pyrrhodes is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Australia, India, Japan, South Africa, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand and Korea.

The wingspan is 10–11 millimetres (0.39–0.43 in).[1]

Taxonomy

Stenodacma pyrrhodes was placed as a synonym of Crombrugghia wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851), but pyrrhodes was restored as a valid species by Arenberger in 2002.

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