Biology:Agrotera glycyphanes

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Short description: Species of moth

Agrotera glycyphanes
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agrotera
Species:
A. glycyphanes
Binomial name
Agrotera glycyphanes
Turner, 1913

Agrotera glycyphanes is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale brown with a purple gloss. The basal third is pale yellow, reticulated with orange and bounded by an orange line. There is a large round pale yellow spot beneath the costa, edged and irrorated (sprinkled) with orange and a similar but smaller spot beneath this. There is also a pale-orange streak along the costa, as well as a fine fuscous line from the costa outwards, then bent to form a quadrangular projection, bent again to beneath a second spot.[3]

References

  1. Nuss, M. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved May 30, 2018. 
  2. "CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online". http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=11772. 
  3. Turner, A. Jefferis (1913). "Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 24: 143. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49366#page/631/mode/1up.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13255496 entry