Agonopterix dimorphella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Agonopterix |
Species: | A. dimorphella
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Binomial name | |
Agonopterix dimorphella J. F. G. Clarke, 1941
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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]
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]
Agonopterix dimorphella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Agonopterix |
Species: | A. dimorphella
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Binomial name | |
Agonopterix dimorphella J. F. G. Clarke, 1941
|
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]
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]