Agonopterix rosaciliella

Agonopterix rosaciliella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1904.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alaska and western Saskatchewan through Washington to California and Arizona.[2]

Agonopterix rosaciliella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. rosaciliella
Binomial name
Agonopterix rosaciliella
(Busck, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria rosaciliella Busck, 1904
  • Depressaria rosiciliella Meyrick, 1922
  • Agonopterix rosaciliella echinopanicis Clarke, 1941

The wingspan is 20–26 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white overlaid with reddish and suffused with reddish fuscous, and irrorated with sparse blackish scales. The basal portion of the forewings is light and contains a fuscous spot and is followed by a deep reddish-fuscous shade. There is a series distinct fuscous spots on the costa and termen, the former alternated with small whitish-ochreous spots. There are also four white discal spots, edged with black. The hindwings are light fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on Angelica arguta, Angelica hendersonii, Conioselinum chinense, Ligusticum apiifolium, Oenanthe sarmentosa, Osmorhiza chilensis, Osmorhiza occidentalis and Echinopanax horridum.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Agonopterix rosaciliella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Moth Photographers Group
  3. ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Agonopterix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms