Agrotera ignepictoides

Agrotera ignepictoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agrotera
Species: A. ignepictoides
Binomial name
Agrotera ignepictoides
Rothschild, 1916

Agrotera ignepictoides is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Rothschild in 1916. It is found in Papua New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The basal part of the forewings is yellow, spotted with scarlet. The remainder of the wing is pale cinnamon mauve washed with grey-brown at and near the apex. The basal and costal areas of the hindwings are cream, while the rest is pale cinnamon mauve. There is a postmedian row of small dots and the abdominal area is buff with an irregular longitudinal scarlet patch with a yellow dot beyond it.[2]

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