Agrionympha kroonella
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Agrionympha kroonella is a species of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 belonging to the Micropterigidae
Micropterigidae
Micropterigoidea is the superfamily of "mandibulate archaic moths", all placed in the single family Micropterigidae, containing currently about 20 living genera. They are considered the most primitive extant lineage of Lepidoptera ....

 family. It was described by Gibbs in 2011. It is found in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, where it is known only from the Drakensberg Ranges in the Mpumalanga Province.

The habitat consists of moist ferns and low shrubs between taller forest and higher altitude low fynbos-type vegetation.

The length of the forewings is 3.1–3.3 mm for males and females.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Dr Doug Kroon who helped uncover the diversity of micropterigids in South Africa.
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