Agonopterix posticella

Agonopterix posticella
Scientific classification
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 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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