Agonopterix flavicomella

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Agonopterix flavicomella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. flavicomella
Binomial name
Agonopterix flavicomella
(Engel, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria flavicomellaEngel, 1907

Agonopterix flavicomella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. [1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August and in October.

The larvae feed on Heracleum lanatum and Taenidia integerrima . [2]

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