Agrotera setipes

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Agrotera setipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agrotera
Species:
A. setipes
Binomial name
Agrotera setipes
Hampson, 1898

Agrotera setipes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. [1] It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from the Natuna Islands. [2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale purplish fuscous, the base marked with yellow and red. There is a pale subbasal band, defined by black towards the costa and irrorated (sprinkled) with red. The hindwings have a yellow and red patch below the end of the cell. Both the forewings and hindwings have a fine black marginal line. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 9, 2018. Note: This source appears to have the year of description as 1899.
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Agrotera setipes Hampson, 1898". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ Hampson, G.F. (1898). "A Revision of the Moths of the Subfamily Pyraustinae and Family Pyralidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 628.


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