Pedois haploceros

Pedois haploceros is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1946.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]

Pedois haploceros
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Pedois
Species:
P. haploceros
Binomial name
Pedois haploceros
(Turner, 1946)
Synonyms
  • Machimia haploceros Turner, 1946

The wingspan is 22–26 mm. The forewings are dull rosy, brighter on the costa and with fuscous markings. The first discal dot is found at one-third, the plical slightly beyond it and the second discal at three-fifths. There is a line of minute dots from the midcosta, subcostal to near the apex, there angled and curved to before the tornus. There is also a marginal series of dots on the termen and apical fourth of the costa. The hindwings are whitish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pedois haploceros". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "Pedois Lower, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 70 (3-4): 109


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