Stenodacma pyrrhodes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Australia, India, Japan, South Africa, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand and Korea. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Stenodacma |
| Species: | S. pyrrhodes
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| Stenodacma pyrrhodes (Meyrick, 1889)
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Taxonomy edit
Stenodacma pyrrhodes was placed as a synonym of Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851), but S. pyrrhodes was restored as a valid species by Ernst Arenberger in 2002.
References edit
- ^ "Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India" (PDF). Zoo Sprint. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
External links edit
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