Agriophara cremnopis explained

Agriophara cremnopis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1894. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are black, with two fine irregular, hardly perceptible, blacker lines, anteriorly edged with a few whitish scales. There is a row of black dots from below the middle of the costa, continued in a curve around to the anal angle, the anterior three edged anteriorly somewhat with whitish. A row of very small whitish dots on the costa from the middle to the middle of hindmargin, obscured on the hindmargin. The hindwings are grey, suffused with pale fuscous posteriorly.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/depressariidae/stenomatinae/agriophara/ Agriophara
  2. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofro1894roya#page/93/mode/1up Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 18: 93