Phthonerodes scotarcha
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| Species: | P. scotarcha
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| Phthonerodes scotarcha Meyrick, 1890
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Phthonerodes scotarcha is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.
The wingspan is 17-18.8 mm for males and 17.6-22.4 mm for females. The forewings are fuscous, densely irrorated with blackish-fuscous and with a straight white dark-margined longitudinal line from the base below the middle, more or less nearly approaching the hindmargin above the anal angle, but suffused and indistinct posteriorly, interrupted by a small dark fuscous spot in the middle. The hindwings are light yellow, sometimes with some fuscous scales at the extreme apex.[2]
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