Agonopterix cajonensis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1941.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agonopterix |
| Species: | A. cajonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Agonopterix cajonensis J. F. G. Clarke, 1941
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The wingspan is 20–23 mm. The forewings are grayish fuscous, overlaid with ocherous-white. The base of the forewings is and the basal third of the costa is ocherous-white. The light basal area is followed by a dark fuscous shade. The whole forewing is irrorated (speckled) with small fuscous spots and there is an ocherous-white spot, narrowly edged with fuscous, at the end of the cell. The hindwings are grayish fuscous.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix cajonensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ "420086.00 – 0874 – Agonopterix cajonensis – Clarke, 1941". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ Clarke, J. F. Gates (1941). "Revision of the North American Moths of the Family Oecophoridae, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 90 (3107): 82 – via Internet Archive.
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