Nedenia rhodochra

Nedenia rhodochra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Nedenia
Clarke, 1978
Species: N. rhodochra
Binomial name
Nedenia rhodochra
Clarke, 1978

Nedenia rhodochra is a moth in the Depressariidae family, and the only species in the genus Nedenia. It was described by Clarke in 1978 and is found in Chile.[1]

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings are buff with the extreme edge of the costa narrowly coral red and yellow. There is a small, outwardly oblique blackish dash at the extreme base of the costa and at the basal third are scattered blackish scales which form an ill-defined blackish dash. A conspicuous triangular vinaceous-brown spot with its base on the costa is found at the apical two-thirds. In the cell and on the fold are some scattered blackish scales, while there is a vinaceous brown suffusion on the dorsum. In females, the extreme dorsal edge is blackish fuscous. The hindwings are whitish to pale buff.[2]

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