Phthonerodes scotarcha

Phthonerodes scotarcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Xyloryctidae
Genus: Phthonerodes
Species: P. scotarcha
Binomial name
Phthonerodes scotarcha
Meyrick, 1890
Synonyms
  • Psilosceles dichochroa Turner, 1939

Phthonerodes scotarcha is a moth in the Xyloryctidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.

The wingspan is 17-18.8 mm for males and 17.6-22.4 mm for females. The forewings are fuscous, densely irrorated with blackish-fuscous and with a straight white dark-margined longitudinal line from the base below the middle, more or less nearly approaching the hindmargin above the anal angle, but suffused and indistinct posteriorly, interrupted by a small dark fuscous spot in the middle. The hindwings are light yellow, sometimes with some fuscous scales at the extreme apex.[2]

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