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Agrotera ignepicta

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Agrotera ignepicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agrotera
Species:
A. ignepicta
Binomial name
Agrotera ignepicta
Hampson, 1899

Agrotera ignepicta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1899.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded in Queensland.[2]

The wingspan is about 26 mm. The basal area of the forewings is yellow, variegated with fiery red and with traces of a subbasal dark line and a waved antemedial line. There is a large yellow-and-red patch beyond the cell, defined by dark scales and with some diffuse brown with two red points. The inner area of the hindwings is yellow, variegated with red up to the postmedial line.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (17 March 2012). "Agrotera ignepicta Hampson, 1898". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1898: 629 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.