Pseudemodesa

Pseudemodesa plenicornis is a moth in the family Drepanidae and the only species in the genus Pseudemodesa. It was described by Warren in 1899.^[1] It is found on the Louisiade Archipelago.

Pseudemodesa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Subfamily:	Drepaninae
Genus:	Pseudemodesa Warren, 1899
Species:	P. plenicornis
Binomial name
Pseudemodesa plenicornis Warren, 1899
Synonyms
Pseudemodesa fuscidisca Warren, 1901

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are silky white, with ochreous fuscous lines. The antemedian and postmedian lines are wavy and denticulated and there is a fuscous mark on the discocellular between them, traversed by an undefined dark line. There is a double submarginal row of ochreous lunules and the costa is slightly dusted with fuscous. The hindwings are like the forewings, but the discocellular is not marked.^[2]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pseudemodesa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
2. New Drepanulidae, Thyrididae, Epiplemidae, Uraniidae, and Geometridae from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.