Agonopterix pteleae

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Agonopterix pteleae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. pteleae
Binomial name
Agonopterix pteleae
Barnes & Busck, 1920
Synonyms
  • Agonopteryx pteleae

Agonopterix pteleae is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by William Barnes and August Busck in 1920. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. [2]

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are light ocherous brown, mottled and suffused with black and brown. The base at the inner angle is whitish ocherous, broadly edged with black and there is a large blackish-fuscous blotch from the costa to the end of the cell, as well as a series of blackish-fuscous spots along the costa and around the termen. The first and second discal spots are black, the latter obscured by the large costal blotch. The hindwings are light ocherous fuscous. [3]

The larvae feed on Ptelea trifoliata . [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 pteleae​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ "420077.00 – 0865 – Agonopterix pteleae – Barnes & Busck, 1920". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  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. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Agonopterix pteleae Barnes & Busck, 1920". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 5, 2019.


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