Agonopterix carduella

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Agonopterix carduella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. carduella
Binomial name
Agonopterix carduella
(Hübner, 1817) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea carduellaHaworth, 1817

Agonopterix carduella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found from Great Britain, Germany and Estonia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy and Montenegro.

A mined leaf of Cirsium vulgare Agonopterix carduella a mined leaf of Cirsium vulgare.JPG
A mined leaf of Cirsium vulgare
Larva Agonopterix carduella larva.JPG
Larva

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults are on wing from July to May. [2]

The larvae feed on Arctium , Carduus defloratus , Centaurea jacea , Centaurea nigra , Cirsium arvense , Cirsium helenioides and Cirsium vulgare . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [3] Larvae can be found from May to early July. The species overwinters as an adult.

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References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. UKmoths
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-09-28.