Agnidra tanyospinosa

Agnidra tanyospinosa is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1988.[1] It is found in Guangdong, China.

Agnidra tanyospinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Agnidra
Species:
A. tanyospinosa
Binomial name
Agnidra tanyospinosa
Chu & Wang, 1988

The length of the forewings is about 17 mm. Adults are similar to Agnidra corticata, but have whitish patches on the cells of the wings.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnidra tanyospinosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. Chu, H.-F. & L.Y. Wang, 1988: On the Chinese Drepaninae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) genus Agnidra Moore, 1868. Acta Entomologica Sinica 31 (1): 85-93.


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