Biology:Agathodes paliscia
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Short description: Species of moth
| Agathodes paliscia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Agathodes |
| Species: | A. paliscia
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| Binomial name | |
| Agathodes paliscia Turner, 1908
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Agathodes paliscia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1908. It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from Queensland[1] and Western Australia.[2]
The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The forewings are pale-grey, with purple reflections and some dark-ochreous irroration. There is a pale linear discal mark, succeeded by a dark-ochreous suffusion, as well as a pale line from the costa outwards nearly to the termen, then bent to the dorsum. The disc beyond this is dark-ochreous and there is a fine white terminal line. The hindwings are pale-grey, but whitish towards the base.[3]
References
- ↑ "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ "CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online". http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=11712.
- ↑ New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae
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Wikidata ☰ Q13233002 entry
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