Agrioceros zelaea

Agrioceros zelaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agrioceros
Species: A. zelaea
Binomial name
Agrioceros zelaea
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Ethmia zelaea Meyrick, 1906

Agrioceros zelaea is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are deep ochreous-yellow with thirteen black dots: one in the middle of the base, two small ones beneath the costa near the base, one in the disc at one-sixths, one beneath the costa beyond one-fourth, one beneath the fold at two-fifths, one in the disc above the middle, five in a posterior group in the disc and one on the tornus. There is a twice interrupted black streak along the upper half of the termen. The hindwings are pale ochreous-yellow.[3]

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