Agonopterix yeatiana

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Agonopterix yeatiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. yeatiana
Binomial name
Agonopterix yeatiana
(Fabricius, 1781) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pyralis yeatianaFabricius, 1781
  • Depressaria oglatellaChretien, 1915
  • Depressaria ventosellaStephens, 1834
  • Depressaria altricornellaMann, 1855
  • Depressaria putridaHaworth, 1811
  • Depressaria albidanaDonovan, 1804
  • Agonopteryx yeatsanaWalsingham, [1908]

Agonopterix yeatiana is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe.

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous, with a few black scales; veins sometimes marked with cloudy dark fuscous streaks; first discal stigma black, preceded by a similar dot obliquely above it, second white edged with dark fuscous; a dark fuscous spot between and above these; black terminal dots. Hindwings pale whitish-fuscous. The larva is yellowish-green; head black [2]

Adults are on wing from August to the end of June. [3]

The larvae feed on various umbelliferous plants, including Daucus carota , Chaerophyllum temulum , Peucedanum palustre , Apium graveolens and Oenanthe crocata . [4] The species overwinters as an adult.

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  3. ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived February 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ UKmoths


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