Augasma nidifica

Augasma nidifica is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in South Africa.[1]

Augasma nidifica
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A. nidifica
Binomial name
Augasma nidifica
Meyrick, 1912

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.[2]

References

  1. Augasma at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Annals of the South African Museum 10 (3): 68


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