Agonopterix thelmae

Agonopterix thelmae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species: A. thelmae
Binomial name
Agonopterix thelmae
Clarke, 1941

Thelma's agonopterix moth (Agonopterix thelmae) is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in North America from New England to South Carolina, west to Kentucky and Illinois, north to Michigan and southern Ontario.

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are yellowish-brown with extensive dark speckling. There is a blackish smudge near the middle of wing, bordered by a reddish-orange smudge below. A diffuse gray shade line runs diagonally from the middle of the wing toward the inner margin, then bends sharply and runs diagonally toward the apex. The hindwings are uniformly brownish-gray.[1]

Adults are on wing from July to October in Kentucky and from August to September in southern Ontario.

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