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

  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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