Agrotera ignepictoides

Agrotera ignepictoides is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Rothschild in 1916. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

Agrotera ignepictoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agrotera
Species:
A. ignepictoides
Binomial name
Agrotera ignepictoides

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The basal part of the forewings is yellow, spotted with scarlet. The remainder of the wing is pale cinnamon mauve washed with grey-brown at and near the apex. The basal and costal areas of the hindwings are cream, while the rest is pale cinnamon mauve. There is a postmedian row of small dots and the abdominal area is buff with an irregular longitudinal scarlet patch with a yellow dot beyond it.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Rothschild, Walter. Macrolepidoptera. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea. 1915 Archived December 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.