Agonopterix glyphidopa

Agonopterix glyphidopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. glyphidopa
Binomial name
	Agonopterix glyphidopa; (Meyrick, 1828)
Synonyms
	Depressaria glyphidopa Meyrick, 1828;

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

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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[1] 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.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Agonopterix glyphidopa (Meyrick, 1828)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (14-15): 475.