Pterophorus rhyparias
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P. rhyparias
Binomial name
Pterophorus rhyparias
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita rhyparias Meyrick, 1908
  • Alucita centrocrates Meyrick, 1933
  • Pterophorus viettei Bigot, 1964

Pterophorus rhyparias is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Yemen.

The species is characterized by the pale ochreous-white colour with some small black dots along the costa and dorsum of both forewing lobes. The colour of the species ranges from grey-white to pale ochreous-white. The number of dots on the forewing may be reduced.

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