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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Depressariinae » Agonopterix » Agonopterix arnicella - Hodges#0879 (Agonopterix arnicella)

Species Agonopterix arnicella - Hodges#0879

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Agonopterix arnicella (tentative) - Agonopterix arnicella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)

Family Depressariidae

Subfamily Depressariinae

Genus Agonopterix

Species arnicella (Agonopterix arnicella - Hodges#0879)

Hodges Number

0879

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agonopterix arnicella (Walsingham, 1881)

Depressaria arnicella Walsingham, 1881

Numbers

There are more than 50 species of the genus Agonopterix in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Size

Walsingham (1881) listed a wingspan of 22 mm.

Identification

Notes. (3)

Season

The flight period appears to be June to September. (2)

Pohl et al. (2010) reported July records for Ontario. (4)

Food

Busck (1902) reported Arnica angustifolio Vahl (narrowleaf arnica).

Print References

Busck, A., 1902. A review of the American moths of the genus Depressaria Haworth, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24: 738.

Hodges, R.W., 1974. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 6.2, p. 33; pl. 2.7. (5)

Pohl, G.R., Anweiler, G.G., Schmidt, B.C. & N.G. Kondla, 2010. Annotated List of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. ZooKeys 38: 68, 321. (4)

Walsingham, T., 1881. On some North-American Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London314.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Agonopterix arnicella (tentative)

4.	An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada Gregory R. Pohl, Gary G. Anweiler, B. Christian Schmidt, Norbert G. Kondla. 2010. ZooKeys 38: 1–549.

5.	The Moths of America North of Mexico Fascicle 6.2 Gelechioidea, Oecophoridae Ronald W. Hodges. 1974. E. W. Classey Ltd. and RBD Publications Inc.

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 September, 2013 - 4:18pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:10am

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