Anderida peorinella

Anderida peorinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Genus: Anderida
Species: A. peorinella
Binomial name
Anderida peorinella
Blanchard & Knudson, 1985[1]

Anderida peorinella is a species of snout moth in the genus Anderida. It was described by Blanchard and Knudson in 1985, and is known to be from Texas, U.S.A.[2]

The length of the forewings is 8.1–11.2 mm for males and about 12.5 mm for females. The costal half of the forewing, above the median vein, is glossy yellowish white, with brownish streaks in the intervenular spaces over the apical half. The dorsal half below the median vein is pale brownish yellow, with a darker streak immediately below the median vein. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[3]

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