Augasma nidifica

Augasma nidifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Coleophoridae
Genus: Augasma
Species:
A. nidifica
Binomial name
Augasma nidifica
Meyrick, 1912

Augasma nidifica is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. Both the forewings and hindwings are whitish-ochreous.

The species has been bred from an ovate woody gall on a twig of an unnamed shrub.

References

  1. ↑ Augasma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ↑ Annals of the South African Museum 10 (3): 68 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.