Agonopterix purpurea

Agonopterix purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. purpurea
Binomial name
	Agonopterix purpurea; (Haworth, 1811)[1]
Synonyms
	Depressaria purpurea Haworth, 1811; Tinea vaccinella Hübner, [1813];

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[2]

Adults are on wing from August to May or June.[3]

The larvae feed on Anthriscus sylvestris, Chaerophyllum temulum, Daucus carota and Torilis japonica. They initially create a small, irregular, full depth mine with conspicuous frass. They soon vacate the mine and continue feeding in a tubular rolled leaf. Larvae can be found from May to early June. They are green with darker length lines and a shining black head.[4] The species overwinters as an adult. Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the earth.[5]

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

External links

lepiforum.de

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] 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

[3] rolepidoptera.nl Archived May 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[4] "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2011-09-28.

[5] Lepidoptera of Belgium Archived May 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine