Eristhenodes

Eristhenodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Eristhenodes
Meyrick, 1935
Species: E. tetrapetra
Binomial name
Eristhenodes tetrapetra
Meyrick, 1935

Eristhenodes is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Eristhenodes tetrapetra, which is found in Argentina.[1]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous mixed brownish and sprinkled dark grey and with four broad irregular somewhat oblique dark fuscous fasciae, irregularly connected in the disc and more or less narrowed or partially obsolete towards the dorsum. The hindwings are light bluish-grey.[2]

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