Auxotricha ochrogypsa

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Auxotricha ochrogypsa
Plate 60, Volume IV from "Catalogue of the types specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick" by J.F. Gates Clarke.jpg
Figure 1, left wings; 1a, venation (vein structure) of right wings; 1b, frontal view of palpus; 1c, lateral aspect of aedeagus; 1d, ventral view of male genitalia with aedeagus removed.
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Auxotricha

Meyrick, 1931
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A. ochrogypsa
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Auxotricha ochrogypsa
Meyrick, 1931

Auxotricha ochrogypsa is a moth in the family Elachistidae or Oechophoridae, and the only species in the genus Auxotricha. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931 from 3 specimens. [1] It is found in the Iquitos region of Peru. [2]

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References

  1. British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. [Lepidoptera]; Clarke, J. F. Gates (John Frederick Gates) (1955). Catalogue of the types specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick / by J.F. Gates Clarke. London Natural History Museum Library. London : British Museum (Natural History). Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
  2. "Auxotricha". www.nic.funet.fi. Archived from the original on 2018-04-27. Retrieved 2018-04-27.