Agonopterix dimorphella
Agonopterix dimorphella 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 South Carolina, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Arkansas.[2]
| Agonopterix dimorphella | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agonopterix |
| Species: | A. dimorphella |
| Binomial name | |
| Agonopterix dimorphella J. F. G. Clarke, 1941 | |
The wingspan is 11–18 mm. The forewings are reddish-ocherous, suffused with fuscous. There is a fuscous median shade from the costa almost to the inner margin and there is a similar shade before the termen. There are two small black discal spots before the middle of the cell and a yellow discal spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are blackish fuscous.[3]
The larvae feed on Amorpha fruticosa.[4]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix dimorphella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- "420100.00 – 0887 – Agonopterix dimorphella – 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): 97 – via Internet Archive.
- Savela, Markku. "Agonopterix dimorphella Clarke, 1941". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
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