Heteroderces paeta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
| Heteroderces paeta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Heteroderces |
| Species: | H. paeta
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| Binomial name | |
| Heteroderces paeta Meyrick, 1929
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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 edit
- ^ 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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