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Agrioceros platycypha

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Agrioceros platycypha
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A. platycypha
Binomial name
Agrioceros platycypha
Meyrick, 1928

Agrioceros platycypha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928.[1] It is found in the Philippines.[2]

The wingspan is about 35 mm. The forewings are orange yellow with seven dark purple-fuscous dots: two in the cell at one-fourth and the middle of the wing, two transversely placed beyond the cell, two obliquely placed towards the apex and one on the tornus. The hindwings are light yellow.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agrioceros platycypha​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (February 3, 2014). "Agrioceros platycypha Meyrick, 1928". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14-15): 418.