Augasma nidifica
Species of moth
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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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Coleophoridae |
| Genus: | Augasma |
| Species: | 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]
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