Agrioceros zelaea

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Agrioceros zelaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Agrioceros
Species:
A. zelaea
Binomial name
Agrioceros zelaea
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Ethmia zelaeaMeyrick, 1906

Agrioceros zelaea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka. [2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm (1.2 in). The forewings are deep ochreous yellow with thirteen black dots: one in the middle of the base, two small ones beneath the costa near the base, one in the disc at one-sixths, one beneath the costa beyond one-fourth, one beneath the fold at two-fifths, one in the disc above the middle, five in a posterior group in the disc and one on the tornus. There is a twice interrupted black streak along the upper half of the termen. The hindwings are pale ochreous yellow. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agrioceros zelaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku (February 3, 2014). "Agrioceros zelaea (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part II". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (2): 409. Retrieved 15 June 2020– via Internet Archive.


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