''Agrionympha kroonella'' is a species of

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 ...

belonging to the family

Micropterigidae Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about twenty living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of lepidoptera (Kristense ...

. It was described by George W. Gibbs and Niels P. Kristensen in 2011. It is found in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

, where it is known only from the Drakensberg Ranges in the

Mpumalanga Province Mpumalanga () is a province of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It ...

. The habitat consists of moist ferns and low shrubs between taller forest and higher altitude low fynbos-type vegetation. The length of the forewings is 3.1–3.3 mm for males and females.Agrionympha, the long-known South African jaw moths: a revision with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae)
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Etymology

The species is named in honour of Dr. Doug Kroon who helped uncover the diversity of micropterigids in South Africa.

References

Endemic moths of South Africa Micropterigidae Moths described in 2011 Moths of Africa {{Micropterigidae-stub