Agonopterix chaetosoma

Agonopterix chaetosoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species: A. chaetosoma
Binomial name
Agonopterix chaetosoma
Clarke, 1962

Agonopterix chaetosoma is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Clarke in 1962.[1] It is found in Japan (Honshyu).[2]

The wingspan is 25-26 mm. The forewings are pale brownish buff, blotched with brownish suffusion. The extreme base of the costa and a series of 15 to 16 spots on the costa and around the termen are fuscous. There is a transverse blackish bar beyond the base and a blackish crescent in the cell. The surface of the wing is roughened by hairlike scales. The hindwings are shining light greyish-fuscous.

The larvae feed on Fagara schinifolia.[3]

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