Platyedra erebodoxa
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Platyedra erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927
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Platyedra erebodoxa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (West Kasai, Maniema) and Cameroon.[1][2]
The wingspan is 17-19 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous irregularly mixed dark fuscous and with a dark bluish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa. The dorsum is narrowly suffused dark fuscous and there is a suffused dark fuscous transverse fascia before the middle. The posterior two-fifths is wholly dark fuscous except a pale brownish-ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths and a dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are grey.[3]
The larvae feed on Hibiscus diversifolius and Dombeya emarginata.