''Hesperesta rhyodes'' is a

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in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in

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and

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, South Africa. The

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is about 17 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, suffusedly mixed throughout with whitish and with the veins in the disk and two or three towards the costa posteriorly partially indicated by a series of scattered blackish scales. There is a similar series along the termen and posterior part of the costa. The hindwings are light grey.

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Moths described in 1909 Hesperesta {{Autostichidae-stub