Agriophara axesta
| Agriophara axesta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agriophara |
| Species: | A. axesta
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| Binomial name | |
| Agriophara axesta Meyrick, 1890
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Agriophara axesta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.[1]
The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are fuscous-grey, irrorated with white and with a short black attenuated very oblique streak from the base of the costa, margined beneath with white towards the base. There are three transverse series of very obscure marks formed by a blackish irroration, the first nearly straight, from one-fourth of the costa to the sub-median fold before the middle, the second from the middle of the costa very obliquely outwards to the disc at three-fourths, where it is curved abruptly around and terminates in the disc at two-thirds, with some irregular marks beneath it. The third is found from two-thirds of the costa very obliquely outwards, near the apex bent around and continued near the hindmargin to the anal angle. The hindwings are fuscous-grey, lighter towards the base.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Agriophara Archived 2016-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 79
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