Heteroderces paeta

Heteroderces paeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lecithoceridae
Genus:	Heteroderces
Species:	H. paeta
Binomial name
	Heteroderces paeta; Meyrick, 1929

Heteroderces paeta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are white, faintly irrorated (sprinkled) with greyish, with some minute scattered black specks. The costal edge is black at the base and the discal stigmata are black, the first small, the second rather large and round, a rather large black dot below and rather obliquely before it. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (December 7, 2013). "Heteroderces paeta Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 522.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (December 7, 2013). "Heteroderces paeta Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[2] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (17): 522.