The wingspan is 17–25 mm. The terminal joint of palpi with two blackish bands. Forewings light greyish ochreous suffused with pale brownish; some dark fuscous dashes, most distinct before fascia; more conspicuous cloudy dashes in place of stigmata, second discal stigma sometimes including a whitish dot; a distinct pale acutely angulated fascia at 3/4; terminal blackish dots. Hindwings whitish fuscous. The larva is grey, on sides dull yellow; spots black; head and plate of 2 black[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
agonopterix, heracliana, moth, family, depressariidae, found, most, europe, north, africa, near, east, eastern, part, palearctic, realm, first, described, 1758, carl, linnaeus, 10th, edition, systema, naturae, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom. Agonopterix heracliana is a moth of the family Depressariidae It is found in most of Europe North Africa the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm It was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae Agonopterix heraclianaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily DepressariidaeGenus AgonopterixSpecies A heraclianaBinomial nameAgonopterix heracliana Linnaeus 1758 SynonymsList Phalaena heracliana Linnaeus 1758 Pyralis applana Fabricius 1777 Tinea cicutella Hubner 1796 Tinea heraclella Fabricius 1798 Tinea applanella Fabricius 1798 Depressaria heraclei Haworth 1811 applanella Fischer von Roslerstamm 1838 Depressaria uniformata Dufrane 1949 Depressaria heracliella Doubleday 1859 Phalaena vinalis Villers 1789Description editThe wingspan is 17 25 mm The terminal joint of palpi with two blackish bands Forewings light greyish ochreous suffused with pale brownish some dark fuscous dashes most distinct before fascia more conspicuous cloudy dashes in place of stigmata second discal stigma sometimes including a whitish dot a distinct pale acutely angulated fascia at 3 4 terminal blackish dots Hindwings whitish fuscous The larva is grey on sides dull yellow spots black head and plate of 2 black 1 Adults are on wing from September to April 2 The larvae spin the leaves of a variety of umbelliferous plants including Heracleum sphondylium Anthriscus sylvestris Chaerophyllum temulum and most other Umbelliferae including Angelica sylvestris Aegopodium podagraria Conopodium majus Daucus Meum Myrrhis Oenanthe Pastinaca Silaum Sison Smyrnium Torilis and Ligusticum nbsp Mating nbsp A leaf tip of Anthriscus sylvestris folded by larva nbsp Pre pupation larva nbsp 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 Kimber Ian 32 018 BF688 Agonopterix heracliana Linnaeus 1758 UKmoths Retrieved 16 July 2022 External links editLepiforum de 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 heracliana amp oldid 1152179174, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
