Agonopterix yeatiana
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Agonopterix |
Species: | A. yeatiana
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Binomial name | |
Agonopterix 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
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived February 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UKmoths
External links
[edit]- Media related to Agonopterix yeatiana at Wikimedia Commons
- lepiforum.de