Agonopterix yeatiana

Agonopterix yeatiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. yeatiana
Binomial name
Agonopterix yeatiana
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pyralis yeatiana Fabricius, 1781
  • Depressaria oglatella Chretien, 1915
  • Depressaria ventosella Stephens, 1834
  • Depressaria altricornella Mann, 1855
  • Depressaria putrida Haworth, 1811
  • Depressaria albidana Donovan, 1804
  • Agonopteryx yeatsana Walsingham, [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.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived February 12, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ UKmoths


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