Agnippe aequorea
Agnippe aequorea is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]
| Agnippe aequorea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Agnippe |
| Species: | A. aequorea |
| Binomial name | |
| Agnippe aequorea (Meyrick, 1917) | |
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The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, sprinkled with whitish and with a cloudy whitish dorsal streak from the base to tornus, speckled with dark fuscous, pointed posteriorly, edge irregular. The hindwings are pale slaty-grey in males and grey in females.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Evippe aequorea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- Agnippe at funet
- Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (1) : 39
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