Biology:Agrioceros zelaea

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Short description: Species of moth

Agrioceros zelaea
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agrioceros
Species:
A. zelaea
Binomial name
Agrioceros zelaea
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Ethmia zelaea Meyrick, 1906

Agrioceros zelaea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm (1.2 in). The forewings are deep ochreous yellow with thirteen black dots: one in the middle of the base, two small ones beneath the costa near the base, one in the disc at one-sixths, one beneath the costa beyond one-fourth, one beneath the fold at two-fifths, one in the disc above the middle, five in a posterior group in the disc and one on the tornus. There is a twice interrupted black streak along the upper half of the termen. The hindwings are pale ochreous yellow.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Agrioceros zelaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=111779. 
  2. Savela, Markku (February 3, 2014). "Agrioceros zelaea (Meyrick, 1906)". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/ethmiinae/agrioceros/#zelaea. Retrieved August 15, 2020. 
  3. Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part II.". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17 (2): 409. https://archive.org/stream/journalofbombayn17190607bomb#page/409/mode/1up. Retrieved 15 June 2020.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13245140 entry