Platyedra cunctatrix

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

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

The wingspan is 17-18 mm. The forewings are b1ackish-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]

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