Agonopterix nebulosa Zeller, 1873
Agonopterix nebulosa: https://www.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/5596
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"It is the only eastern-USA Agonopterix that eats Antennaria, and it does not feed on plants of any other genus" (T. Harrison/BugGuide).

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Agonopterix nebulosa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. nebulosa
Binomial name
Agonopterix nebulosa
(Zeller, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria nebulosa Zeller, 1873

Agonopterix nebulosa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1873.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland and Virginia.[2]

Adults have been recorded on wing from May to June.[3]

The larvae feed on Antennaria plantaginifolia. They tie the leaves of their host plant.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Agonopterix nebulosa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ Insects of Iowa
  4. ^ Notes on Occophoridae, with descriptions of new species


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