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]
| 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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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
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agrioceros platycypha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (February 3, 2014). "Agrioceros platycypha Meyrick, 1928". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14-15): 418.
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