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Agonopterix hypericella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Italy, Austria and Slovakia and from Germany and Switzerland to Russia. It has also been recorded from Bulgaria.

Agonopterix hypericella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. hypericella
Binomial name
Agonopterix hypericella (Hubner, 1817)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea hypericella Hubner, 1817 Haemylis impurella Treitschke, 1835 Depressaria liturella ab. subliturella Krulikowsky, 1908 Depressaria conterminella var. atrella Caradja, 1920

The wingspan is 15–17 mm. Adults are on wing from February to September.

The larvae feed on Hypericum species.[2]

References

External links

• Lepiforum.de

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