Agonopterix pallorella

Agonopterix pallorella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. pallorella
Binomial name
Agonopterix pallorella
(Zeller, 1839)[1]
Synonyms
  • Depressaria pallorella Zeller, 1839[2]
  • Depressaria subpallorella Staudinger, 1870
  • Depressaria discognitella Herrich-Schäffer, 1871

Agonopterix pallorella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe.

Leaf of Centaurea scabiosa folded by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 19–24 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, veins strewn with dots of dark fuscous scales; an indistinct dark fuscous longitudinal streak near dorsum from near base to before tornus; first and second discal stigmata black; terminal black dots. Hindwings ochreous-grey-whitish, greyer posteriorly. The larva is dull greenish, darker posteriorly; dorsal and subdorsal lines greenish-black; dots black; head red-brown; 2 pale reddish -brown, with two black crescentic marks[3]

Adults are on wing from mid June to March.[4]

The larvae feed on Centaurea species (including Centaurea scabiosa and Centaurea nigra) and Serratula tinctoria. They feed from within rolled leaves.[5] The species overwinters as an adult. Pupation takes place below ground or in amongst plant detritus.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Zeller, P. C. (1839). "Versuch einer naturgemässen Eintheilung der Schaben". Isis von Oken. 1839 (3): 195.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived November 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ UKmoths


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