Agriophara cinderella

Agriophara cinderella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Newman in 1856. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria[1] and New South Wales.[2]

Agriophara cinderella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agriophara
Species:
A. cinderella
Binomial name
Agriophara cinderella
(Newman, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Chimabacche cinderella Newman, 1856

The wingspan is about 35 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey, irrorated with black, the disc with several short black streaks. There is a curved series of lunate blackish spots near the hindmargin and a hindmarginal row of black dots. The hindwings are paler grey.[3]

References

  1. Agriophara Archived 2016-06-03 at the Wayback Machine at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. "Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia". Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 78


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