Platyedra erebodoxa
| Platyedra erebodoxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Platyedra |
| Species: | P. erebodoxa
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| Binomial name | |
| Platyedra erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927
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Platyedra erebodoxa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kasai-Occidental, Maniema) and Cameroon.[1][2]
The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous irregularly mixed with dark fuscous and with a dark bluish-fuscous spot on the base of the costa. The dorsum is narrowly suffused with dark fuscous and there is a suffused dark fuscous transverse fascia before the middle. The posterior two-fifths is wholly dark fuscous except a pale brownish-ochreous spot on the costa at four-fifths and a dot on the tornus opposite. The hindwings are grey.[3]
The larvae feed on Hibiscus diversifolius and Dombeya emarginata.
References[edit]
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (December 30, 2018). "Platyedra erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Platyedra erebodoxa Meyrick, 1927". Afromoths. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (11): 351.
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