- Agonopterix fruticosella
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Agonopterix fruticosella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Oecophoridae (disputed) Genus: Agonopterix Species: A. fruticosella Binomial name Agonopterix fruticosella
(Walsingham, 1903)[1]Synonyms - Depressaria fruticosella Walsingham, 1903
- Depressaria rebeli Hering, 1936
- Depressaria rigidella Chretien, 1907
Agonopterix fruticosella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in southern France and on the Iberian Peninsula.
Mine
The wingspan is 20-23 mm. The forewings are pale stony cinereous evenly speckled with small groups of blackish scales. The hindwings are shining, pale tawny cinereous.[2]
The larvae feed on Bupleurum rigidum species. They initially mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a broad, brownish, full depth corridor. Later, the larva vacates the mine and continues window feeding. There are often several mines in a single leaf. Even later, the larva lives free under a spinning and eventually folds a leaf margin fastening it with silk.[3] Larvae can be found at the end of June.
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