Agonopterix sabulella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1881.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Idaho, Alberta and British Columbia and from Washington to Arizona and 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. sabulella
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| Binomial name | |
| Agonopterix sabulella (Walsingham, 1881)
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The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, irrorated with fuscous and shaded with reddish scales. There are two fuscous discal spots at the basal third and a fuscous spot at the end of the cell, preceded above by a less conspicuous spot of the same colour. There is a poorly defined fuscous cloud between the outer and inner pairs of spots in costal half of wing and the apical half of the costa and termen have a reddish suffusion. The hindwings are greyish ochreous.[3]
The larvae feed on Eriophyllum confertiflorum, Eriophyllum lanatum and Eriophyllum stachaediflorum.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix sabulella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum
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- ^ Agonopterix at funet
- ^ "BioLib: Biological library".
