Pedois tripunctella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[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. tripunctella
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| Binomial name | |
| Pedois tripunctella (Walker, 1864)
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Adults are brown, but cinereous (ash grey) beneath. The forewings are rounded at the tips, with three black points in the disk. The first point is found before the middle and the second is found behind the first, the third beyond the middle. The costa is convex towards the base and the exterior border is slightly convex, very obliquely. The hindwings are cinereous, tinged with aeneous.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Pedois tripunctella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 757
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