Agriophara plagiosema Turner, 1898 STENOMATINAE,   OECOPHORIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans, (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Ian McMillan, Imbil, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species of this species are grey with dark speckles and a dark arc on each forewing. The hindwings are pale grey. The wingspan is about 1.5 cms.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in:

New South Wales.

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Further reading:

Alfred Jefferis Turner,
The Xyloryctidae of Queensland,
Annals of the Queensland Museum,,
Volume 4 (1898), p. 32, No. 98.

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(written 13 October 2014, updated 10 January 2015, 25 March 2019, 23 November 2020)