Prionocris rhodopepla

Prionocris rhodopepla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Prionocris
Species:	P. rhodopepla
Binomial name
	Prionocris rhodopepla; (Lower, 1903)
Synonyms
	Hoplitica rhodopeplaLower, 1903;

Last updated June 10, 2022

Prionocris rhodopepla is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are light fleshy red with a small fuscous dot in the disc at one-third, a second below and beyond and a third in the disc at two-thirds. The costal edge is deeper than the ground colour and the extreme costal edge is whitish from one-third to beyond the middle. The hindwings are whitish ochreous with an obscure fuscous suffusion at the apex, continued narrowly to the middle.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prionocris rhodopepla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 27 May 2018.
↑ Savela, Markku (31 December 2013). "Prionocris rhodopepla (Lower, 1903)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
↑ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 27: 221. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prionocris rhodopepla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 27 May 2018.

[2] Savela, Markku (31 December 2013). "Prionocris rhodopepla (Lower, 1903)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 10 July 2020.

[3] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 27: 221. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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