Agonopterix rosaciliella

Agonopterix rosaciliella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1904.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alaska and western Saskatchewan through Washington to California and Arizona.[2]

Agonopterix rosaciliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Agonopterix
Species:
A. rosaciliella
Binomial name
Agonopterix rosaciliella
(Busck, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria rosaciliella Busck, 1904
  • Depressaria rosiciliella Meyrick, 1922
  • Agonopterix rosaciliella echinopanicis Clarke, 1941

The wingspan is 20–26 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white overlaid with reddish and suffused with reddish fuscous, and irrorated with sparse blackish scales. The basal portion of the forewings is light and contains a fuscous spot and is followed by a deep reddish-fuscous shade. There is a series distinct fuscous spots on the costa and termen, the former alternated with small whitish-ochreous spots. There are also four white discal spots, edged with black. The hindwings are light fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on Angelica arguta, Angelica hendersonii, Conioselinum chinense, Ligusticum apiifolium, Oenanthe sarmentosa, Osmorhiza chilensis, Osmorhiza occidentalis and Echinopanax horridum.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix rosaciliella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. Moth Photographers Group
  3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum
  4. Agonopterix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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