Biology:Agrioceros platycypha
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Short description: Species of moth
| Agrioceros platycypha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agrioceros |
| Species: | A. platycypha
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| Binomial name | |
| Agrioceros platycypha Meyrick, 1928
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Agrioceros platycypha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1928.[1] It is found in the Philippines .[2]
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
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Agrioceros platycypha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=111777.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (February 3, 2014). "Agrioceros platycypha Meyrick, 1928". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/ethmiinae/agrioceros/#platycypha. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14-15): 418.
Wikidata ☰ Q13245105 entry
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