Agonopterix nanatella

Agonopterix nanatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. nanatella
Binomial name
Agonopterix nanatella (Stainton, 1849) [1]
Synonyms
Depressaria nanatellaStainton, 1849 Depressaria aridellaMann, 1869

Agonopterix nanatella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Fennoscandia, Poland, Ukraine, the Baltic region and most of the Balkan Peninsula.

Plant of Carlina vulgaris with mined leaves

Larva

The wingspan is 15–19 mm. ^[2] The forewings are pale whitish ochreous, brownish-tinged and strewn with brown strigulae, costa marked with spots of darker strigulae; first and sometimes second discal stigmata dark fuscous; sometimes a suffused fuscous spot between and above these. Hindwings grey, darker posteriorly. The larva is yellow-green; dots grey; dorsal line darker; head and plate of 2 black ^[3]

Adults are on wing from July to August. ^[4]

The larvae of ssp. nanatella feed on Carlina vulgaris . ^{[5] [6]}

Larvae can be found from April to May (aridella) or June (nanatella).

Subspecies

• Agonopterix nanatella nanatella
• Agonopterix nanatella aridellaMann, 1869 (southern Europe)

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived November 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
4. UKmoths
5. "ssp. nanatella at bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
6. ssp. aridella at bladmineerders.nl ^{[ permanent dead link ]}