Pedois epinephela is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Pedois |
| Species: | P. epinephela
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| Binomial name | |
| Pedois epinephela (Turner, 1947)
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The wingspan is 22–24 mm. The forewings are pale grey with a large ill-defined grey blotch on the tornal area from the base to the middle. The stigmata are grey, the first discal at one-third, the plical beneath it, the second discal before two-thirds. There is a subcostal line of grey dots from the middle, continued as subterminal line of dots and there is a terminal series of dots. The hindwings are grey whitish.[2]
References edit
- ^ Pedois at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 116 (3502): 203
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