Agrionympha Kroonella
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''Agrionympha kroonella'' is a species of
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
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 Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
, where it is known only from the Drakensberg Ranges in the
Mpumalanga Province Mpumalanga () is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name means "East", or literally "The Place Where the Sun Rises" in the Nguni languages. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, bordering Eswatini and Mozambique. It shares bor ...
. The habitat consists of moist ferns and low shrubs between taller forests 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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Endemic moths of South Africa Micropterigidae Moths described in 2011 Moths of Africa {{Micropterigidae-stub