Eristhenodes

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Eristhenodes
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Eristhenodes

Meyrick, 1935
Species:
E. tetrapetra
Binomial name
Eristhenodes tetrapetra
Meyrick, 1935

Eristhenodes is a genus of moths 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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