Hesperesta rhyodes

Hesperesta rhyodes is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Namibia and Gauteng, South Africa.[1][2]

Hesperesta rhyodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Hesperesta
Species:
H. rhyodes
Binomial name
Hesperesta rhyodes
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Nothris rhyodes Meyrick, 1909
  • Epistomotis amphicentra Meyrick, 1913

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, suffusedly mixed throughout with whitish and with the veins in the disk and two or three towards the costa posteriorly partially indicated by a series of scattered blackish scales. There is a similar series along the termen and posterior part of the costa. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Hesperesta rhyodes (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku, ed. (March 14, 2019). "Hesperesta rhyodes (Meyrick, 1909)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 16–17 – via Sabinet.


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