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Agonopterix yeatiana is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe.

Agonopterix yeatiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. yeatiana
Binomial name
Agonopterix yeatiana (Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
Pyralis yeatiana Fabricius, 1781 Depressaria oglatella Chretien, 1915 Depressaria ventosella Stephens, 1834 Depressaria altricornella Mann, 1855 Depressaria putrida Haworth, 1811 Depressaria albidana Donovan, 1804 Agonopteryx yeatsana Walsingham, [1908]

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous, with a few black scales; veins sometimes marked with cloudy dark fuscous streaks; first discal stigma black, preceded by a similar dot obliquely above it, second white edged with dark fuscous; a dark fuscous spot between and above these; black terminal dots. Hindwings pale whitish-fuscous. The larva is yellowish-green; head black[2]

Adults are on wing from August to the end of June.[3]

The larvae feed on various umbelliferous plants, including Daucus carota, Chaerophyllum temulum, Peucedanum palustre, Apium graveolens and Oenanthe crocata.[4] The species overwinters as an adult.

References

External links

• Media related to Agonopterix yeatiana at Wikimedia Commons
• lepiforum.de

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