Platyedra cunctatrix

Platyedra cunctatrix is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North Kivu) and Uganda.[1][2]

Platyedra cunctatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Platyedra
Species:
P. cunctatrix
Binomial name
Platyedra cunctatrix
Meyrick, 1931

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are blackish grey with some irregular pale ochreous suffusion beneath the costa from the base to about one-fourth. There is an irregular rather oblique transverse pale ochreous fasciate blotch in the middle of the disc, not reaching the margins and a rather oblique transverse pale ochreous spot from the costa at three-fourths, where a fine faint irregular line runs to the tornus. The hindwings are rather dark grey.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus species.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Platyedra cunctatrix Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Platyedra cunctatrix Meyrick, 1931". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 61.


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