Agonopterix arenella

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Agonopterix arenella
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. arenella
Binomial name
Agonopterix arenella
Synonyms
  • Tinea arenella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Tinea gilvella Hübner, 1796
  • Depressaria immaculana Stephens, 1834

Agonopterix arenella is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in all of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula.

A leaf of Centaurea nigra folded by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 19–23 mm.The forewings are whitish ochreous,more or less suffused with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous ; costa spotted with dark fuscous ; first discal stigma and a dot obliquely before and above it black ; second indistinct, dark fuscous ; a dark fuscous spot between and above these ; dark fuscous terminal dots. Hindwings are pale whitish-fuscous.The larva is green, paler laterally ; dorsal and subdorsal lines dark green ; dots blackish ; head light brownish-ochreous ; 2 with two blackish spots.[1]


The larvae feed on Arctium lappa, Carduus, Carlina, Centaurea jacea, Centaurea nigra, Centaurea scabiosa, Cirsium vulgare, Knautia, Serratula tinctoria and Sonchus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2] Larvae can be found from May to early August.

References[]

  1. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  2. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

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