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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 chrautis - Hodges#0871 (Agonopterix chrautis)

Species Agonopterix chrautis - Hodges#0871

Depressariidae, dorsal - Agonopterix chrautis

Depressariidae, lateral - Agonopterix chrautis

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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 chrautis (Agonopterix chrautis - Hodges#0871)

Hodges Number

0871

Size

Forewing length 8.0 mm to 10.8 mm.

Identification

See key to Agonopterix species in Hodges (1974). Pristine reared individuals are vividly colored, whereas most flown moths appear comparatively faded, apparently because the dark scaling on the forewing is quickly worn off in the field.

Range

Type locality, Jemez Springs New Mexico; also known from California, Oregon and Iowa USA and from Alberta, Canada.

Food

The larva feeds on leaves (and in the early instars, possibly on flowers) of Zizia aurea in Iowa, often webbing together leaves and flowers at the apex of the plant. The larval damage and the larva resemble those of Agonopterix clemensella, which feeds on a number of Apiaceae species, including Z. aurea.

Life Cycle

Univoltine, with larvae in May (Iowa); adults emerging in June and persisting until mating the following spring.

Larva in weaving; larva; larva; adult

Remarks

The life history was unknown until 2023, when M. J. Hatfield reared the moth from larvae collected on Zizia aurea in Iowa.

Print References

Hodges, R. W. 1974. Oecophoridae. The Moths of America North of Mexico 6.2: 1–142.

Internet References

Holotype at NMNH

Contributed by Terry Harrison on 8 October, 2023 - 2:25pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Dave Webb
Last updated 25 March, 2024 - 7:32am

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