Stenodacma pyrrhodes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. 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 species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.

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

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

Taxonomy

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

References

External links

• Trin Wiki
• Japanese Moths
• Pterophoridae aus Korea (Lepidoptera)

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