Agonopterix compacta

Agonopterix compacta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. compacta
Binomial name
	Agonopterix compacta; (Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
	Depressaria compacta Meyrick, 1914;

Agonopterix compacta is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.^[1] It is found in South Africa.^[2]

The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, partially tinged with brownish and with some scattered blackish specks and a blackish-grey spot on the base of the costa, its edge marked with a black dot above the middle of the wing. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, slightly tinged with grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix compacta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Agonopterix compacta (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
^ Annals of the South African Museum. 10 (8): 249.

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

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Agonopterix compacta (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 13, 2020.

[3] Annals of the South African Museum. 10 (8): 249.

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