Agnippe biscolorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Agnippe
Species:
A. biscolorella
Binomial name
Agnippe biscolorella
Chambers, 1872
Synonyms
  • Agnippe bicolorella Meyrick, 1925

Agnippe biscolorella is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.[2][3]

The base of the forewings is yellowish-ochreous and the remainder is brown with a bluish cast from beyond the base, but from the middle to the apex thickly intermingled with yellowish-ochreous and some white.[4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agnippe biscolorella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. Agnippe at funet
  3. mothphotographersgroup
  4. Can. Ent. 4 (10): 195


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