| Agonopterix purpurea | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agonopterix |
| Species: | A. purpurea |
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| Agonopterix purpurea | |
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Agonopterix purpurea is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The head is grey, face white. Forewings are crimson-fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous and whitish, especially towards costa; base more whitish; first discal stigma black, posteriorly whitish-edged, preceded by a similar dot obliquely above it, second white, edged with dark fuscous; between and above these a dark fuscous blotch reaching costa. Hindwings light grey, darker posteriorly. The larva is yellowish; head and plate of 2 black[2]
Adults are on wing from August to May or June.[3]
The larvae feed on Anthriscus sylvestris, Chaerophyllum temulum, Daucus carota and Torilis japonica. They initially create a small, irregular, full depth mine with conspicuous frass. They soon vacate the mine and continue feeding in a tubular rolled leaf. Larvae can be found from May to early June. They are green with darker length lines and a shining black head.[4] The species overwinters as an adult. Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the earth.[5]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 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 - ↑ microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- ↑ Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived May 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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