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Augasma nidifica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Coleophoridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Augasma

Augasma nidifica is a moth of the Coleophoridae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is about 13 mm. Both the forewings and hindwings are whitish-ochreous.

The species has been bred from an ovate woody gall on a twig of an unnamed shrub.

References

Augasma nidifica Wikipedia