Agonopterix sabulella

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Agonopterix sabulella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. sabulella
Binomial name
Agonopterix sabulella
(Walsingham, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria sabulellaWalsingham, 1881
  • Agonopteryx callosellaBarnes & Busck, 1920

Agonopterix sabulella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1881. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Idaho, Alberta and British Columbia and from Washington to Arizona and California. [2]

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, irrorated with fuscous and shaded with reddish scales. There are two fuscous discal spots at the basal third and a fuscous spot at the end of the cell, preceded above by a less conspicuous spot of the same colour. There is a poorly defined fuscous cloud between the outer and inner pairs of spots in costal half of wing and the apical half of the costa and termen have a reddish suffusion. The hindwings are greyish ochreous. [3]

The larvae feed on Eriophyllum confertiflorum , Eriophyllum lanatum and Eriophyllum stachaediflorum . [4] [5]

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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 sabulella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 19, 2018.
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  3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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