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Pterophorus rhyparias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.

Pterophorus rhyparias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Pterophorus
Species:	P. rhyparias
Binomial name
Pterophorus rhyparias (Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
Alucita rhyparias Meyrick, 1908 Alucita centrocrates Meyrick, 1933 Pterophorus viettei Bigot, 1964

Distribution

It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe.[2]

The species is characterized by the pale ochreous-white colour with some small black dots along the costa and dorsum of both forewing lobes. The colour of the species ranges from grey-white to pale ochreous-white. The number of dots on the forewing may be reduced.

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