Agonopterix Latipalpella
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''Agonopterix latipalpella'' 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 Depressariidae. It was described by
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and
August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...
in 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from
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. 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 17–19 mm. The forewings are light fuscous ocherous, sprinkled with black. The extreme base is light ocherous, edged with black. The light shade continues faintly along the costa, hardly paler than the rest of the wing and there is a series of black cloudy costal spots. The hindwings are ocherous fuscous.''Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America'' 4 (3): 233
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