Gonada Phosphorodes
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''Gonada phosphorodes'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in
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. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is about 36 mm. The forewings are rosy grey, more rosy along the costa, the base of the wing rose pink, the dorsal area beneath the fold lighter and more rosy. The hindwings are pale rosy grey, with the subdorsal hairs rosy.Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923)
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 2 (17): 543.
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Moths described in 1922 Gonada {{Depressariinae-stub