Agnippe biscolorella

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Agnippe biscolorella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Agnippe
Species:
A. biscolorella
Binomial name
Agnippe biscolorella
Chambers, 1872
Synonyms
  • Agnippe bicolorellaMeyrick, 1925

Agnippe biscolorella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. [2] [3]

The base of the forewings is yellowish-ochreous and the remainder is brown with a bluish cast from beyond the base, but from the middle to the apex thickly intermingled with yellowish-ochreous and some white. [4]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnippe biscolorella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 18, 2018.
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  4. Can. Ent. 4 (10): 195