Agonopterix glyphidopa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agonopterix |
| Species: | A. glyphidopa
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| Binomial name | |
| Agonopterix glyphidopa (Meyrick, 1928)
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Agonopterix glyphidopa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1828.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with a narrowly black base. The costal area is tinged with crimson anteriorly and there is an oblong dark fuscous patch occupying the dorsal two-thirds of the wing from near the base to two-third, followed posteriorly and above beyond the middle by some fuscous suffusion and dark fuscous irroration. The hindwings are light grey.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix glyphidopa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Agonopterix glyphidopa (Meyrick, 1828)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14-15): 475.
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