Agriphila tristella ([Danis and Schiffermüller], 1775), a stick moth (Family Crambidae: Lepidoptera), was collected accidentally from Karachi in the night of July 16, 2012. It is brown in colour. Eyes are large. Antennae are with alternating brown and white bands. Labial palpi porected. Wing span of this insect is c 20 mm. Fore wing is nearly 1.5 times larger than the main body of the moth. Forewing elongated. Termen is not perpendicular to costa. Hind wing is broad. Papilla anales large, broad rectangular in shape beset with setae. Corpus bursae balloon like without cornuti. It appears to be a new record for the moth species of Pakistan.
D. Khan, S. Viqar Ali, Saeeda Nargis Viqar, Imtiaz Ahmad. (2017) THE OCCURRENCE OF AGRIPHILA TRISTELLA ([DENIS & SCHIFFERMüLLER], 1775) IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN, , Volume 14, Issue 1.
