Agiton

Agiton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epermeniidae
Genus: Agiton
Turner, 1926
Species: A. idioptila
Binomial name
Agiton idioptila
Turner, 1926

Agiton is a monotypic moth genus in the Epermeniidae family. Its sole species is Agiton idioptila, which was described by Turner in 1926.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 12-14 mm. The forewings are ochreous-fuscous with four, narrow, elongate ochreous-whitish costal spots, the first before the middle, the second beyond the middle, the third at three-fourth and the fourth midway between this and the apex. There is a blackish ante-apical dot in the disc, edged anteriorly with white. The hindwings are fuscous.[2]

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