Agonopterix nyctalopis

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Agonopterix nyctalopis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. nyctalopis
Binomial name
Agonopterix nyctalopis
(Meyrick, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria nyctalopisMeyrick, 1930

Agonopterix nyctalopis is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found on the Comoros (Grand Comore). [1]

This species has a wingspan of 23 mm. The head is ochreous-whitish sprinkled light grey, the forewings whitish-ochreous irregularly strigulated brownish. [2]

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