''Agnippe pseudolella'' is a
moth
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of the family
Gelechiidae
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. It is found in
Turkey
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,
Russia
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(
Volgograd Oblast
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,
Astrakhan Oblast
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Geography
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),
Kazakhstan
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, northern
Iran
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,
Turkmenistan
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,
Tajikistan
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and
China
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(
Inner Mongolia
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).
The
wingspan
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is 8.3–10 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.
[, 2010: Review of the genus ''Agnippe'' (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the Palaearctic region. ''European Journal of Entomology'' 107 (2): 247-265. Full Article]
References
Moths described in 1888
Agnippe
Moths of Asia
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