Agonopterix dimorphella

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Agonopterix dimorphella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. dimorphella
Binomial name
Agonopterix dimorphella
J. F. G. Clarke, 1941

Agonopterix dimorphella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1941. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from South Carolina, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Arkansas. [2]

The wingspan is 11–18 mm. The forewings are reddish-ocherous, suffused with fuscous. There is a fuscous median shade from the costa almost to the inner margin and there is a similar shade before the termen. There are two small black discal spots before the middle of the cell and a yellow discal spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are blackish fuscous. [3]

The larvae feed on Amorpha fruticosa . [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix dimorphella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ "420100.00 – 0887 – Agonopterix dimorphella – Clarke, 1941". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  3. ↑ Clarke, J. F. Gates (1941). "Revision of the North American Moths of the Family Oecophoridae, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 90 (3107): 97 – via Internet Archive.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Agonopterix dimorphella Clarke, 1941". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.


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