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Agonopterix echinopella

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Agonopterix echinopella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. echinopella
Binomial name
Agonopterix echinopella
(Chrétien, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria echinopella Chrétien, 1907
  • Depressaria liodryas Meyrick, 1921
  • Ctenioxena crypsiptila Meyrick, 1923

Agonopterix echinopella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1907.[1] It is found in Algeria and Palestine.[2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. The discal stigmata is dark fuscous and a similar dot midway between the second and termen and there is a terminal series of fuscous interneural dots. The hindwings are whitish grey, with cloudy dark grey interneural dots on the termen.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Agonopterix Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  3. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (20): 611 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.