Synechodes papuana

Synechodes papuana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Brachodidae
Genus:	Synechodes
Species:	S. papuana
Binomial name
	Synechodes papuana; Heppner, 1990

Synechodes papuana is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by John B. Heppner in 1990. It is found in New Guinea.^[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a pale yellow basal spot and subtornal semicircular orange-yellow mark. The hindwings are fuscous with a pale yellow mid-cell mark and white mark at the center of the dorsal margin.^[2]

References

^ Kallies, A., 2004: The Brachodidae of the Oriental region and Adjacent territories (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147 (1): 1-20.
^ Revision of Synechodes, with a new species from New Guinea

Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum

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[1] Kallies, A., 2004: The Brachodidae of the Oriental region and Adjacent territories (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147 (1): 1-20.

[2] Revision of Synechodes, with a new species from New Guinea

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