Axiagasta stactogramma

This article is about the fungus moth genus. For the geometer moth genus, see Axiagasta (geometer moth).
Axiagasta stactogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Axiagasta
Meyrick, 1930
Species: A. stactogramma
Binomial name
Axiagasta stactogramma
Meyrick, 1930

Axiagasta is a genus of moth in the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Axiagasta stactogramma, which is found in Brazil.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. Adults have a whitish-ochreous head. The forewings are elongate and ferruginous-brownish irregularly marbled with blackish irroration. The hindwings are grey, but darker towards the apex.[1]

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