Agonopterix posticella
| Agonopterix posticella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agonopterix |
| Species: | A. posticella |
| Binomial name | |
| Agonopterix posticella (Walsingham, 1881) | |
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Agonopterix posticella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. 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]
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