Agrionympha pseliacma
Appearance
Agrionympha pseliacma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Micropterigidae |
Genus: | Agrionympha |
Species: | A. pseliacma
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Binomial name | |
Agrionympha pseliacma |
Agrionympha pseliacma is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa,[2] where it is known only from Karkloof Falls in KwaZulu-Natal.
It has been recorded in the shade of very high trees with little patches of sunshine in the entrance to a kloof.
The length of the forewings is about 3 mm for males and about 3.4 mm for females.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Meyrick, E (1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 144. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ Kemal, Muhabbet & Koçak, Ahmet Ömer (2007). Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera (PDF). Cesa Publications on African Lepidoptera. Vol. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-19 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Agrionympha, the long-known South African jaw moths: a revision with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae)"