Agonopterix adspersella

Agonopterix adspersella
Agonopterix adspersella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae (disputed)
Genus: Agonopterix
Species: A. adspersella
Binomial name
Agonopterix adspersella
(Kollar, 1832)[1]
Synonyms
  • Haemylis adspersella Kollar, 1832
  • Depressaria amanthicella Heinemann, 1870
  • Agonopterix athamanticella Steudel & Hofmann, 1882
  • Agonopterix reichlini Heinemann, 1870

Agonopterix adspersella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in southern Europe, Asia Minor, the Palestinian Territories, Iran and the Crimea.[2]

The larvae feed on Bupleurum falcatum. They spin the leaves of their host plant together to create a shelter from which they feed. Pupation takes place on the ground in a spinning of sand grains.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Dritter Nachtrag zur Mikrolepidopterenfauna Zyperns
  3. ^ lepiforum.de
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