Agrotera glycyphanes explained

Agrotera glycyphanes is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1913.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale brown with a purple gloss. The basal third is pale yellow, reticulated with orange and bounded by an orange line. There is a large round pale yellow spot beneath the costa, edged and irrorated (sprinkled) with orange and a similar but smaller spot beneath this. There is also a pale-orange streak along the costa, as well as a fine fuscous line from the costa outwards, then bent to form a quadrangular projection, bent again to beneath a second spot.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuss . M. . etal . 2003–2017 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . May 30, 2018.
  2. Web site: CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences - Australian Moths Online . 2014-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205103706/http://www1.ala.org.au/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=11772 . 2014-12-05 . dead .
  3. Turner . A. Jefferis . 1913 . Studies in Australian Lepidoptera, Pyralidae . Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland . 24 . 143 . Biodiversity Heritage Library.