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''Agnidra alextoba'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Drepanidae The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a super ...
. It was described by Ulf Buchsbaum in 2000. It is found on
Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...
is 32–39 mm for males and 36–42 mm for females. The ground colour is yellowish brown. (2000)
"''Agnidra alextoba'' sp. n. aus Sumatra (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae)"
''Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft''. 90: 85-95.


References

Moths described in 2000 Drepaninae Moths of Indonesia {{Drepaninae-stub