Synechodes platysema is a moth in the family Brachodidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found on Java in Indonesia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Brachodidae |
| Genus: | Synechodes |
| Species: | S. platysema
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| Binomial name | |
| Synechodes platysema (Meyrick, 1921)
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark with a pale yellow costal margin and a yellow spot near the base, as well as a pale yellow, moon-shaped spot. The hindwings are yellow, but black at the base. There is a black marginal band.[1]
References
edit- ^ Kallies, A. (2004). "The Brachodidae of the Oriental region and Adjacent territories (Lepidoptera: Sesioidea)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 147 (1): 1-20.