Synechodes papuana

Synechodes papuana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Brachodidae
Genus: Synechodes
Species: S. papuana
Binomial name
Synechodes papuana
Heppner, 1990

Synechodes papuana is a moth in the Brachodidae family. It was described by Heppner in 1990. It is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are fuscous with a pale yellow basal spot and subtornal semicircular orange-yellow mark. The hindwings are fuscous with a pale yellow mid-cell mark and white mark at the center of the dorsal margin.[2]

References

  1. Kallies, A., 2004: The Brachodidae of the Oriental region and Adjacent territories (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 147 (1): 1-20.
  2. Revision of Synechodes, with a new species from New Guinea


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