Agonopterix jezonica

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Agonopterix jezonica
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. jezonica
Binomial name
Agonopterix jezonica
(Matsumura, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria furvella f. jezonica Matsumura, 1931

Agonopterix jezonica is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1931.[1] It is found on the Japanese island of Honshu.[2]

Its wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are uniformly drab, irrorated (sprinkled) with dark brown slightly chestnut. There is a white spot in the centre of the cell at two-thirds, preceded by a vague dark chestnut blotch.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix jezonica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018. Note: This source has 1932 as the year of description.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku (September 23, 2019). "Depressaria furvella f. jezonica Matsumura, 1931". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Species described within the genus Depressaria by Matsumura (Lepidoptera)


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