| Agonopterix purpurea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agonopterix |
| Species: | A. purpurea |
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| Agonopterix purpurea (Haworth, 1811) | |
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Agonopterix purpurea is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe.
The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The head is grey, face white. Forewings are crimson-fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous and whitish, especially towards costa; base more whitish; first discal stigma black, posteriorly whitish-edged, preceded by a similar dot obliquely above it, second white, edged with dark fuscous; between and above these a dark fuscous blotch reaching costa. Hindwings light grey, darker posteriorly. The larva is yellowish; head and plate of 2 black
Adults are on wing from August to May or June.
The larvae feed on Anthriscus sylvestris, Chaerophyllum temulum, Daucus carota and Torilis japonica. The species overwinters as an adult. Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the earth.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- microlepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2011-09-28.
- Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived May 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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