Prionocris rhodopepla

Prionocris rhodopepla is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1903.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.^[2]

Prionocris rhodopepla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Prionocris
Species:	P. rhodopepla
Binomial name
Prionocris rhodopepla (Lower, 1903)
Synonyms
Hoplitica rhodopepla Lower, 1903

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are light fleshy red with a small fuscous dot in the disc at one-third, a second below and beyond and a third in the disc at two-thirds. The costal edge is deeper than the ground colour and the extreme costal edge is whitish from one-third to beyond the middle. The hindwings are whitish ochreous with an obscure fuscous suffusion at the apex, continued narrowly to the middle.^[3]