''Phelotropa oenodes'' is a
moth in the family
Depressariidae. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in
Guyana
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.
The
wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are fuscous purple with the costal edge pale ochreous from one-fourth to the middle, dark fuscous before and beyond this. The basal area is suffusedly mixed with dark fuscous and a strongly dentate oblique dark fuscous shade crossing the wing about one-third, and an irregular curved shade from three-fifths of the costa to the tornus. The discal stigmata are dark fuscous with a series of small dark fuscous spots around the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are dark grey.
[Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916)]
''Exotic Microlepidoptera''. 1 (13): 412.
References
Moths described in 1915
Stenomatinae
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