Biology:Agriophara leucosta
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Short description: Species of moth
| Agriophara leucosta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agriophara |
| Species: | A. leucosta
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| Binomial name | |
| Agriophara leucosta Lower, 1893
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Agriophara leucosta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1893. It is found in Australia , where it has been recorded from South Australia.[1]
The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey-whitish and the costal edge snow-white throughout, as well as a faint short oblique blackish streak from the costa at one-fourth, and another similar before the middle. There is an indistinct longitudinal streak from near the base to above the anal angle and a curved series of faint blackish dots from the costa at three-fourths to the anal angle parallel to hind margin. The hindwings are grey, darker in females.[2]
References
- ↑ Agriophara at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17 (1): 173
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Wikidata ☰ Q13247963 entry
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