Agathodes paliscia

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Agathodes paliscia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agathodes
Species:
A. paliscia
Binomial name
Agathodes paliscia
Turner, 1908

Agathodes paliscia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Turner in 1908. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland [1] and Western Australia. [2]

The wingspan is 28–34 mm. The forewings are pale-grey, with purple reflections and some dark-ochreous irroration. There is a pale linear discal mark, succeeded by a dark-ochreous suffusion, as well as a pale line from the costa outwards nearly to the termen, then bent to the dorsum. The disc beyond this is dark-ochreous and there is a fine white terminal line. The hindwings are pale-grey, but whitish towards the base. [3]

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. "CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online". Archived from the original on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
  3. New Australian Lepidoptera of the families Noctuidae and Pyralidae