Agonopterix fruticosella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. fruticosella
Binomial name
Agonopterix fruticosella
Synonyms
  • Depressaria fruticosella Walsingham, 1903
  • Depressaria rebeli Hering, 1936
  • Depressaria rigidella Chretien, 1907

Agonopterix fruticosella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in southern France and on the Iberian Peninsula.

Mine

The wingspan is 20–23 mm. The forewings are pale stony cinereous (ash grey) evenly speckled with small groups of blackish scales. The hindwings are shining, pale tawny cinereous.[2]

The larvae feed on Bupleurum rigidum species. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a broad, brownish, full depth corridor. Later, the larva vacates the mine and continues window feeding. There are often several mines in a single leaf. Even later, the larva lives free under a spinning and eventually folds a leaf margin fastening it with silk.[3] Larvae can be found at the end of June.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ lepiforum.de
  3. ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-09-28.


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