Agonopterix posticella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. posticella
Binomial name
Agonopterix posticella
(Walsingham, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria posticella Walsingham, 1881

Agonopterix posticella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1881.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington to California and in Wyoming and Colorado.[2]

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are dull whitish ochreous, irrorated with black and fuscous and suffused with reddish. There is a blackish-fuscous spot on the costa at the base and on the inner angle near the base. There is also a black discal spot at the basal third, followed by a similar one at the end of the cell, as well as a fuscous blotch on the inner margin, before the tornus. The hindwings are light greyish fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on Psoralea physodes, Psoralea macrostachya and Psoralea tenuiflora.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix posticella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the United States National Museum Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ↑ Agonopterix at funet


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