Agonopterix yeatiana
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agonopterix |
| Species: | A. yeatiana
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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.
References[]
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived February 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UKmoths
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- Agonopterix
- Moths described in 1781
- Moths of Europe
- Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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