Agrioceros zelaea

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]

Agrioceros zelaea
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A. zelaea
Binomial name
Agrioceros zelaea
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Ethmia zelaea Meyrick, 1906

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]

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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