Augasma nidifica
Appearance
Augasma nidifica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Coleophoridae |
Genus: | Augasma |
Species: | A. nidifica
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Binomial name | |
Augasma nidifica Meyrick, 1912
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Augasma nidifica is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in South Africa.[1]
The wingspan is about 13 mm. Both the forewings and hindwings are whitish-ochreous.
The species has been bred from an ovate woody gall on a twig of an unnamed shrub.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Augasma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum 10 (3): 68 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.