The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, more or less suffused with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous; costa spotted with dark fuscous; first discal stigma and a dot obliquely before and above it black; second indistinct, dark fuscous; a dark fuscous spot between and above these; dark fuscous terminal dots. Hindwings are pale whitish-fuscous. The larva is green, paler laterally; dorsal and subdorsal lines dark green; dots blackish; head light brownish-ochreous; 2 with two blackish spots.[1]
^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
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agonopterix, arenella, species, moth, family, depressariidae, found, europe, except, iberian, peninsula, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, depressariidaegenus, agonopterixspeci. Agonopterix arenella is a species of moth of the family Depressariidae It is found in all of Europe except the Iberian Peninsula Agonopterix arenellaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily DepressariidaeGenus AgonopterixSpecies A arenellaBinomial nameAgonopterix arenella Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 SynonymsTinea arenella Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775 Tinea gilvella Hubner 1796 Depressaria immaculana Stephens 1834 A leaf of Centaurea nigra folded by larvaLarvaThe wingspan is 19 23 mm The forewings are whitish ochreous more or less suffused with fuscous and sprinkled with dark fuscous costa spotted with dark fuscous first discal stigma and a dot obliquely before and above it black second indistinct dark fuscous a dark fuscous spot between and above these dark fuscous terminal dots Hindwings are pale whitish fuscous The larva is green paler laterally dorsal and subdorsal lines dark green dots blackish head light brownish ochreous 2 with two blackish spots 1 The larvae feed on Arctium lappa Carduus Carlina Centaurea jacea Centaurea nigra Centaurea scabiosa Cirsium vulgare Knautia Serratula tinctoria and Sonchus They mine the leaves of their host plant 2 Larvae can be found from May to early August References edit Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Keys and description bladmineerders nl Archived from the original on 2013 09 11 Retrieved 2011 09 28 External links editAgonopterix arenella at UKmoths This article on a moth of genus Agonopterix is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Agonopterix arenella amp oldid 1105769891, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
