Agonopterix costimacula

Agonopterix costimacula is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1941. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index lists it as a synonym of Agonopterix nigrinotella.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maryland, Michigan, Ohio and Ontario.[2]

Agonopterix costimacula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Agonopterix
Species:
A. costimacula
Binomial name
Agonopterix costimacula
J. F. G. Clarke, 1941

The wingspan is 21–25 mm. The forewings are ocherous-fuscous, the base and the costa to about the middle slightly lighter. The light basal area is followed by blackish-fuscous shading. There are two black discal spots at the basal third and a light whitish-ocherous discal spot, narrowly edged with fuscous, at the end of the cell. There are six to eight fuscous spots on the costa, as well as a series of smaller ones at the ends of the veins around the termen. The wing is irrorated (sprinkled) with black scales. The hindwings are light smoky fuscous, but lighter basally.

The larvae feed on Ptelea trifolia.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix nigrinotella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. "420080.10 – 0868.1 – Agonopterix costimacula – Clarke, 1941". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  3. Clarke, J. F. Gates (1941). "Revision of the North American Moths of the Family Oecophoridae, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 90 (3107): 102 – via Internet Archive.


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