Agonopterix arenella

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Agonopterix arenella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. arenella
Binomial name
Agonopterix arenella
Synonyms
  • Tinea arenellaDenis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Tinea gilvellaHübner, 1796
  • Depressaria immaculanaStephens, 1834

Agonopterix arenella is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula.

A leaf of Centaurea nigra folded by larva Agonopterix arenella a leaf of Centaurea nigra folded by larva.JPG
A leaf of Centaurea nigra folded by larva
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Larva

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, more or less suffused with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous; costa spotted with dark fuscous; first discal stigma and a dot obliquely before and above it black; second indistinct, dark fuscous; a dark fuscous spot between and above these; dark fuscous terminal dots. Hindwings are pale whitish-fuscous. The larva is green, paler laterally; dorsal and subdorsal lines dark green; dots blackish; head light brownish-ochreous; 2 with two blackish spots. [1]


The larvae feed on Arctium lappa , Carduus , Carlina , Centaurea jacea , Centaurea nigra , Centaurea scabiosa , Cirsium vulgare , Knautia , Serratula tinctoria and Sonchus . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [2] Larvae can be found from May to early August.

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References

  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2011-09-28.