Nedenia

Nedenia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Depressariidae. Its only species, Nedenia rhodochra, is found in Chile. Both the genus and species were described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1978.[1]

Nedenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Nedenia J. F. G. Clarke, 1978
Species:	N. rhodochra
Binomial name
Nedenia rhodochra J. F. G. Clarke, 1978

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings are buff with the extreme edge of the costa narrowly coral red and yellow. There is a small, outwardly oblique blackish dash at the extreme base of the costa and at the basal third are scattered blackish scales which form an ill-defined blackish dash. A conspicuous triangular vinaceous-brown spot with its base on the costa is found at the apical two-thirds. In the cell and on the fold are some scattered blackish scales, while there is a vinaceous-brown suffusion on the dorsum. In females, the extreme dorsal edge is blackish fuscous. The hindwings are whitish to pale buff.[2]

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Nedenia Clarke, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
2. Clarke, J. F. Gates (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 40. Retrieved 15 December 2017.