Agrioceros platycypha

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

Agrioceros platycypha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Agrioceros
Species:
A. platycypha
Binomial name
Agrioceros platycypha
Meyrick, 1928

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. Agrioceros at funet
  3. Exot. Microlep. 3 (14-15): 418


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