Agonopterix trimenella

Agonopterix trimenella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. trimenella
Binomial name
	Agonopterix trimenella; (Walsingham, 1881)
Synonyms
	Depressaria trimenella Walsingham, 1881;

Agonopterix trimenella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1881.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 11–20 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, partly suffused with a pale brownish shade, especially on the lower half of the wing before the middle, at the extreme end of the cell, and immediately above the anal angle. There is a large blackish patch, starting at the middle of the costa, continued more than half-way to the apex, extending nearly half across the wing, where it ends at its inner angle in a conspicuous black spot, preceded by some detached black scales. Before this patch are three or four blackish spots on the costa, other smaller ones being distributed around the apical margin. The hindwings are pale cinereous.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix trimenella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
Afro Moths
Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881 (2) : 251 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix trimenella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881 (2) : 251 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.