Tinea xenodes is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is known from Bolivia.

Tinea xenodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tinea
Species:
T. xenodes
Binomial name
Tinea xenodes
Meyrick, 1909

This species has a wingspan of 8–10 mm.[1] The forewings are fuscous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with dark fuscous. There is a small whitish-ochreous spot on the costa at five-sixths. The hindwings are rather dark bronzy fuscous.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Gates-Clarke. The types of Micro-Lepidoptera described by E. Meyrick, Vol.8- Pl.52
  2. ^ Royal Entomological Society of London.; London, Royal Entomological Society of (23 December 2018). "Transactions of the Entomological Society of London". The Society.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.