Agonopterix dimorphella

Agonopterix dimorphella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1941.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from South Carolina, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Arkansas.[2]

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

The wingspan is 11–18 mm. The forewings are reddish-ocherous, suffused with fuscous. There is a fuscous median shade from the costa almost to the inner margin and there is a similar shade before the termen. There are two small black discal spots before the middle of the cell and a yellow discal spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are blackish fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on Amorpha fruticosa.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix dimorphella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  2. "420100.00 – 0887 – Agonopterix dimorphella – 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): 97 – via Internet Archive.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Agonopterix dimorphella Clarke, 1941". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.


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