Platyedra erebodoxa

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Platyedra erebodoxa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Platyedra
Species:
P. erebodoxa
Binomial name
Platyedra erebodoxa
Meyrick, 1927

Platyedra erebodoxa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kasai-Occidental, Maniema) and Cameroon. [1] [2]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous irregularly mixed with dark fuscous and with a dark bluish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa. The dorsum is narrowly suffused with dark fuscous and there is a suffused dark fuscous transverse fascia before the middle. The posterior two-fifths is wholly dark fuscous except a pale brownish-ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths and a dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are grey. [3]

The larvae feed on Hibiscus diversifolius and Dombeya emarginata .

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Platyedra erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Platyedra erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (11): 351. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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