Platyedra cunctatrix

Platyedra cunctatrix is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (North Kivu) and Uganda.[1][2]

Platyedra cunctatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Platyedra
Species:
P. cunctatrix
Binomial name
Platyedra cunctatrix
Meyrick, 1931

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 fine faint irregular line runs to the tornus. The hindwings are rather dark grey.

The larvae feed on Hibiscus species.[3]

References
  1. funet.fi
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Exotic Microlep. 4 (2-4): 61


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