Agnippe biscolorella

Agnippe biscolorella
Scientific classification
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 Gelechiidae family.[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]

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