Heteroderces paeta

Heteroderces paeta is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Meyrick in 1929. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Heteroderces paeta
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H. paeta
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Heteroderces paeta
Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are white, faintly irrorated greyish, with some minute scattered black specks. The costal edge is black at the base and the discal stigmata are black, the first small, the second rather large and round, a rather large black dot below and rather obliquely before it. The hindwings are grey.[2]

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