Agrionympha jansella

Agrionympha jansella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by George W. Gibbs and Niels P. Kristensen in 2011. It is found in South Africa, where it is known only from Karkloof Falls in the Eastern Cape.

Agrionympha jansella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Agrionympha
Species:
A. jansella
Binomial name
Agrionympha jansella
Gibbs, 2011

The length of the forewings is about 3.2 mm for females.[1]

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse, who revealed the presence of micropterigids in southern Africa when he collected Agrionympha pseliacma at the same locality as A. jansella (Karkloof Falls) in 1917.

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