Agrotera setipes

Agrotera setipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Agrotera
Species: A. setipes
Binomial name
Agrotera setipes
Hampson, 1899

Agrotera setipes is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1899.[1] It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded from the Natuna Islands.[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale purplish fuscous, the base marked with yellow and red. There is a pale subbasal band, defined by black towards the costa and irrorated with red. The hindwings have a yellow and red patch below the end of the cell. Both the fore- and hindwings have a fine black marginal line.[3]

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