Platyedra erebodoxa

Platyedra erebodoxa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kasai-Occidental, Maniema) and Cameroon.[1][2]

Platyedra erebodoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Platyedra
Species:
P. erebodoxa
Binomial name
Platyedra erebodoxa
Meyrick, 1927

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous irregularly mixed with dark fuscous and with a dark bluish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa. The dorsum is narrowly suffused with dark fuscous and there is a suffused dark fuscous transverse fascia before the middle. The posterior two-fifths is wholly dark fuscous except a pale brownish-ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths and a dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are grey.[3]

The larvae feed on Hibiscus diversifolius and Dombeya emarginata.

References
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Platyedra erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Platyedra erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (11): 351.


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