Prionocris rhodopepla
| Prionocris rhodopepla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Prionocris |
| Species: | P. rhodopepla |
| Binomial name | |
| Prionocris rhodopepla (Lower, 1903) | |
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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
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ↑ Prionocris at funet
- ↑ Trans. R. Soc. S. Austr. 27 : 221
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