Agonopterix echinopella

Agonopterix echinopella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. echinopella
Binomial name
	Agonopterix echinopella; (Chrétien, 1907)
Synonyms
	Depressaria echinopella Chrétien, 1907; Depressaria liodryas Meyrick, 1921; Ctenioxena crypsiptila Meyrick, 1923;

Agonopterix echinopella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Pierre Chrétien in 1907.^[1] It is found in Algeria and Palestine.^[2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. The discal stigmata is dark fuscous and a similar dot midway between the second and termen and there is a terminal series of fuscous interneural dots. The hindwings are whitish grey, with cloudy dark grey interneural dots on the termen.^[3]

References

^ "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
^ Savela, Markku. "Agonopterix Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (20): 611

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[1] "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

[2] Savela, Markku. "Agonopterix Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 3, 2017.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (20): 611

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