Prionocris rhodopepla

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]

Prionocris rhodopepla
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P. rhodopepla
Binomial name
Prionocris rhodopepla
(Lower, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Hoplitica rhodopepla Lower, 1903

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]

References

  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.


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