Platyedra cunctatrix
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Species: | P. cunctatrix
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| Platyedra cunctatrix Meyrick, 1931
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Platyedra cunctatrix is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (North Kivu) and Uganda.[1][2]
The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are blackish grey with some irregular pale ochreous suffusion beneath the costa from the base to about one-fourth. There is an irregular rather oblique transverse pale ochreous fasciate blotch in the middle of the disc, not reaching the margins and a rather oblique transverse pale ochreous spot from the costa at three-fourths, where a fine faint irregular line runs to the tornus. The hindwings are rather dark grey.
The larvae feed on Hibiscus species.[3]
References[]
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Platyedra cunctatrix Meyrick, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Platyedra cunctatrix Meyrick, 1931". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (2-4): 61.
Categories:
- Moths described in 1931
- Pexicopiini
- Apatetrinae stubs