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Augasma nidifica

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Augasma nidifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Augasma
Species:
A. nidifica
Binomial name
Augasma nidifica
Meyrick, 1912

Augasma nidifica is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in South Africa.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. Both the forewings and hindwings are whitish-ochreous.

The species has been bred from an ovate woody gall on a twig of an unnamed shrub.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Augasma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Annals of the South African Museum 10 (3): 68 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.