Agriophara cinerosa

Agriophara cinerosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agriophara
Species:	A. cinerosa
Binomial name
	Agriophara cinerosa; Rosenstock, 1885

Agriophara cinerosa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Rudolph Rosenstock in 1885. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.[1]

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are fuscous, densely irregularly irrorated with white and black and with an indistinct blackish short very oblique streak from the base of the costa. There are two very obscure oblique darker streaks from the costa at one-third and the middle. There is a very obscure ill-defined darker longitudinal streak in the disc below the middle from the base to the hindmargin, finely attenuated anteriorly, obscurely interrupted at two-thirds. Above the interruption is an obscure white dot, followed by black scales. The hindwings are light fuscous-grey, darker towards the apex.[2]

The larvae feed on the green foliage of various trees in the family Myrtaceae. They create silken shelters covered in frass between joined leaves. Pupation takes place within this shelter.[3]

References

Agriophara Archived 2016-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 78
"Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia". Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-05-09.

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[1] Agriophara Archived 2016-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 78

[3] "Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia". Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2016-05-09.