Prionocris rhodopepla
Species of moth
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Prionocris rhodopepla is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[2]
| Prionocris rhodopepla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Prionocris |
| Species: | P. rhodopepla |
| Binomial name | |
| Prionocris rhodopepla (Lower, 1903) | |
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The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are light fleshy red with a small fuscous dot in the disc at one-third, a second below and beyond and a third in the disc at two-thirds. The costal edge is deeper than the ground colour and the extreme costal edge is whitish from one-third to beyond the middle. The hindwings are whitish ochreous with an obscure fuscous suffusion at the apex, continued narrowly to the middle.[3]
