Agnippe aequorea

Agnippe aequorea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Agnippe
Species: A. aequorea
Binomial name
Agnippe aequorea
(Meyrick, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Recurvaria aequorea Meyrick, 1917

Agnippe aequorea is a moth in the Gelechiidae family.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

The wingspan is about 8 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, sprinkled with whitish and with a cloudy whitish dorsal streak from the base to tornus, speckled with dark fuscous, pointed posteriorly, edge irregular. The hindwings are pale slaty-grey in males and grey in females.[3]

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