Agonopterix posticella

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Agonopterix posticella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. posticella
Binomial name
Agonopterix posticella
(Walsingham, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria posticellaWalsingham, 1881

Agonopterix posticella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1881. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington to California and in Wyoming and Colorado. [2]

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are dull whitish ochreous, irrorated with black and fuscous and suffused with reddish. There is a blackish-fuscous spot on the costa at the base and on the inner angle near the base. There is also a black discal spot at the basal third, followed by a similar one at the end of the cell, as well as a fuscous blotch on the inner margin, before the tornus. The hindwings are light greyish fuscous. [3]

The larvae feed on Psoralea physodes , Psoralea macrostachya and Psoralea tenuiflora . [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 posticella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Agonopterix at funet