Agonopterix epichersa

Agonopterix epichersa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in Sichuan, China.[2]

Agonopterix epichersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Agonopterix
Species:
A. epichersa
Binomial name
Agonopterix epichersa
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria epichersa Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, slightly rosy tinged and finely sprinkled with whitish and with scattered dark fuscous scales. There are about seven small indistinct rather dark fuscous dots along the costa and two indistinct rather dark fuscous spots in the disc about two-fifths. There is a small cloudy fuscous spot towards the costa in the middle. The hindwings are light rosy fuscous sprinkled with whitish.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix epichersa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (September 23, 2019). "Agonopterix epichersa (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (8): 253.


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