Pyroderces albistrigella

Pyroderces albistrigella is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Florida and Mississippi.[1] It is also found in the West Indies[2] and Puerto Rico.

Pyroderces albistrigella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Pyroderces
Species:
P. albistrigella
Binomial name
Pyroderces albistrigella
(Möschler, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Batrachedra albistrigella Möschler, 1890

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to October and in December.

References

  1. mothphotographersgroup
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Batrachedra albistrigella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.


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