Psammathodoxa cochlidioides

Psammathodoxa cochlidioides is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921.^[1] It is found from southern Texas to Mexico.^[2]

Psammathodoxa cochlidioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Psammathodoxa
Species:	P. cochlidioides
Binomial name
Psammathodoxa cochlidioides Dyar, 1921
Synonyms
Phyprosopus calligrapha Hampson, 1926

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are creamy brown, shaded darker except along the costa and basally. The wing is crossed by about fourteen light lines, irregularly waved, giving an irrorated appearance. A straight pale line, brown-edged within, runs from the apex to the middle of the inner margin. The hindwings are brown.^[3]