| Opogona autogama | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Opogona |
| Species: | O. autogama |
| Binomial name | |
| Opogona autogama (Meyrick, 1911) | |
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Opogona autogama is a moth of the family Tineidae.
Distribution
It is found in the Seychelles and Mauritius.
This species has a wingspan of 12–13 mm, head is purplish-fuscous, tuft brownish-ochreous, fillet and face shining greyish-ochreous. Forewings lanceolate, bronzy-grey or light purplish-fuscous,
In male: a long light grey subcostal hairpencil from base lying beneath forewings this character is quite distinctive.
References
- Original publication: Meyrick, 1911. No. XII. Tortricina and Tineina. Results of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905 Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. (2) 14 : 263–307
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2015. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (22.Jan.2015)
- Meyrick, 1915. Exotic Microlepidoptera 1.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Opogona autogama | |
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