Agonopterix nodiflorella

Agonopterix nodiflorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. nodiflorella
Binomial name
	Agonopterix nodiflorella; (Milliere, 1866)
Synonyms
	Depressaria nodiflorella Milliere, 1866;

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

Leaflets of mined by the young larva and the web formed by it on a leaf of Ferula ferulago

Young larva

Older larva

The larvae feed on Ferula communis. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. They fully mine out a number of leaf fragments. Older larvae live freely between spun leaf segments.^[2] Larvae can be found from March to April. Young larvae are green with a black head.

References[]

^ Fauna Europaea
^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-09-29.

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