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Agonopterix yeatiana

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Agonopterix yeatiana
Scientific 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 Depressariidae family. It is found in most of Europe.

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. Adults are on wing from August to the end of June.[2]

The larvae feed on various umbelliferous plants, including Daucus carota, Chaerophyllum temulum, Peucedanum palustre, Apium graveolens and Oenanthe crocata.[3] The species overwinters as an adult.

References

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

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