Agonopterix crypsicosma

Agonopterix crypsicosma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. crypsicosma
Binomial name
	Agonopterix crypsicosma; (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
	Depressaria crypsicosma Meyrick, 1920;

Agonopterix crypsicosma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.^[1] It is found in South Africa.^[2]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale yellow ochreous with a fuscous costal edge, irrorated (sprinkled) with whitish and slightly thickened posteriorly. It is united with a broad marginal band of fuscous suffusion irrorated with whitish extending towards around the apex and termen and continued more narrowly along the dorsum to before the middle. The hindwings are whitish grey.^[3]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix crypsicosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Agonopterix crypsicosma (Meyrick, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
^ Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (4): 287. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix crypsicosma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Agonopterix crypsicosma (Meyrick, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

[3] Annals of the South African Museum. 17 (4): 287. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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