Prionocris rhodopepla

Prionocris rhodopepla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Prionocris
Species:	P. rhodopepla
Binomial name
	Prionocris rhodopepla; (Lower, 1903)
Synonyms
	Hoplitica rhodopepla Lower, 1903;

Prionocris rhodopepla is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Lower in 1903.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are light fleshy red with a small fuscous dot in the disc at one-third, a second below and beyond and a third in the disc at two-thirds. The costal edge is deeper than the ground colour and the extreme costal edge is whitish from one-third to beyond the middle. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous with an onscure fuscous suffusion at the apex, continued narrowly to the middle.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prionocris rhodopepla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
^ Prionocris at funet
^ Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 27 : 221

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prionocris rhodopepla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.

[2] Prionocris at funet

[3] Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 27 : 221

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