Onceropyga pulchra

Onceropyga pulchra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Zygaenidae
Genus:	Onceropyga
Species:	O. pulchra
Binomial name
	Onceropyga pulchra; Tarmann, 2005[1]

Onceropyga pulchra is a species of moth in the family Zygaenidae. It is found in Australia in south-eastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales.[1]

The length of the forewings is 6.5 mm for males and 8 mm for females. The upperside of the forewings is dark brown with a slightly lighter spot at the end of the cell, distally bordered by a suffusion of blackish scales. The underside is dark grey brown, but slightly lighter medially. The hindwings are blackish on both sides, but slightly lighter basally, with a light brown costal margin.[1]

References

Tarmann, Gerhard M. (2004). Zygaenid moths of Australia: a revision of the Australian Zygaenidae, (Procridinae: Artonini). CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-06798-1.

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[tarmann-1] Tarmann, Gerhard M. (2004). Zygaenid moths of Australia: a revision of the Australian Zygaenidae, (Procridinae: Artonini). CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-06798-1.