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 Depressariidae family. It was described by 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]

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