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Agrionympha kroonella

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Moth species in family Micropterigidae

Agrionympha kroonella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Agrionympha
Species: A. kroonella
Binomial name
Agrionympha kroonella
Gibbs, 2011

Agrionympha kroonella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by George W. Gibbs and Niels P. Kristensen in 2011. It is found in South Africa, where it is known only from the Drakensberg Ranges in the Mpumalanga Province.

The habitat consists of moist ferns and low shrubs between taller forests and higher altitude low fynbos-type vegetation.

The length of the forewings is 3.1–3.3 mm for males and females.

References

  1. Agrionympha, the long-known South African jaw moths: a revision with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae)
Taxon identifiers
Agrionympha kroonella


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