Agonopterix glyphidopa

Agonopterix glyphidopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species: A. glyphidopa
Binomial name
Agonopterix glyphidopa
(Meyrick, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria glyphidopa Meyrick, 1828

Agonopterix glyphidopa is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1828.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, with a narrowly black base. The costal area is tinged with crimson anteriorly and there is an oblong dark fuscous patch occupying the dorsal two-thirds of the wing from near the base to two-third, followed posteriorly and above beyond the middle by some fuscous suffusion and dark fuscous irroration. The hindwings are light grey.[3]

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