''Agrionympha'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of small primitive metallic
moths
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
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 ...
,
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/ref> and the sole genus of the family known to occur in southern Africa
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.
Species
*''Agrionympha capensis
''Agrionympha capensis'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Whalley in 1978. It is known from South Africa, where it is found in the Western and Eastern Cape districts.
The length of the forewings i ...
'' Whalley, 1978
*''Agrionympha fuscoapicella
''Agrionympha fuscoapicella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. 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 A ...
'' Gibbs, 2011
*''Agrionympha jansella
''Agrionympha jansella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. 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 ...
'' Gibbs, 2011
*''Agrionympha karoo
''Agrionympha karoo'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by George W. Gibbs and Niels P. Kristensen in 2011. It is found in South Africa, where it is known only from the ''Eastern Cape''.
It lives amo ...
'' Gibbs, 2011
*''Agrionympha kroonella
''Agrionympha kroonella'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by George W. Gibbs and Niels P. Kristensen in 2011. It is found in South Africa, where it is known only from the Drakensberg Ranges in the M ...
'' Gibbs, 2011
*''Agrionympha pseliacma
''Agrionympha pseliacma'' is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa, where it is known only from Karkloof Falls in Kwazulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, al ...
'' Meyrick, 1921
*'' Agrionympha pseudovari'' Gibbs, 2011
*'' Agrionympha sagittella'' Gibbs, 2011
*'' Agrionympha vari'' Whalley, 1978
References
Micropterigidae
Moth genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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