Pedois sarcinodes

Pedois sarcinodes is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[1]

Pedois sarcinodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Pedois
Species:
P. sarcinodes
Binomial name
Pedois sarcinodes
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia sarcinodes Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are light pinkish grey, with scattered fuscous or dark fuscous scales. The stigmata are dark fuscous, the plical beneath the first discal and there are undefined marginal dots of dark fuscous irroration on the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale grey.[2]

References
  1. "Pedois Lower, 1894" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (13): 395


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