Agrionympha pseliacma

Agrionympha pseliacma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Agrionympha
Species: A. pseliacma
Binomial name
Agrionympha pseliacma
Meyrick, 1921

Agrionympha pseliacma is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa,[1] where it is known only from Karkloof Falls in Kwazulu-Natal.

It has been recorded in the shade of very high trees with little patches of sunshine in the entrance to a kloof.

The length of the forewings is about 3 mm for males and about 3.4 mm for females.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Synonymous Checklist of the South African Lepidoptera
  2. ↑ Agrionympha, the long-known South African jaw moths: a revision with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae)


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