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Agnidra argypha

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Species of hook-tip moth

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

Agnidra argypha is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1988. It is found in Yunnan, China.

The length of the forewings is 9–10 mm. Both wings have a silvery colour, with two oblique black lines on the forewings, as well as four or five whitish spots in the cell.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Agnidra argypha​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 10 July 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  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.
Taxon identifiers
Agnidra argypha


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