Archernis argocephala is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded Queensland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Genus: | Archernis |
| Species: | A. argocephala
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| Archernis argocephala (Lower, 1903)
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The wingspan is about 29 mm. The forewings are pale-brown with a fuscous median discal mark and a fine wavy fuscous line from the costa towards the tornus. The hindwings are as the forewings, but the discal mark is straight. Adults have been recorded on wing in March.[2]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Turner, A. Jefferis (1908). "New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae". Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia. 32: 96.
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