Agrioceros zelaea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agrioceros |
| Species: | A. zelaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Agrioceros zelaea (Meyrick, 1906)
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Agrioceros zelaea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
The wingspan is about 30 mm (1.2 in). The forewings are deep ochreous yellow with thirteen black dots: one in the middle of the base, two small ones beneath the costa near the base, one in the disc at one-sixths, one beneath the costa beyond one-fourth, one beneath the fold at two-fifths, one in the disc above the middle, five in a posterior group in the disc and one on the tornus. There is a twice interrupted black streak along the upper half of the termen. The hindwings are pale ochreous yellow.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agrioceros zelaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (February 3, 2014). "Agrioceros zelaea (Meyrick, 1906)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1906). "Descriptions of Indian Microlepidoptera, part II". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 17 (2): 409. Retrieved 15 June 2020 – via Internet Archive.
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