Agonopterix angelicella
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Agonopterix angelicella is a moth
of the Oecophoridae
family. It is found in most of Europe
, except the Iberian Peninsula
and south-eastern Europe. It is also found on the Russian plain
and Siberia
(the West Siberian plain and South Siberian mountains) and in Japan
.
The wingspan
is 16-21 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September.
The larvae feed among spun leaves or shoots of Angelica
and Heracleum. Other recorded food plants include Laserpitium, Aegopodium
, Pimpinella saxifraga and Pastinaca
.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this....
family. It is found in most of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, except the Iberian Peninsula
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula , sometimes called Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes the modern-day sovereign states of Spain, Portugal and Andorra, as well as the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar...
and south-eastern Europe. It is also found on the Russian plain
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
and Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
(the West Siberian plain and South Siberian mountains) and in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 16-21 mm. Adults are on wing from August to September.
The larvae feed among spun leaves or shoots of Angelica
Angelica
Angelica is a genus of about 60 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far North as Iceland and Lapland...
and Heracleum. Other recorded food plants include Laserpitium, Aegopodium
Aegopodium
Aegopodium Native to Europe and western Asia. It is a genus of flowering plants of the carrot family Apiaceae, represented by about 7 species, all are perennial herbs. Flowers are compounded, umbels appearing in spring-summer...
, Pimpinella saxifraga and Pastinaca
Pastinaca
Pastinaca is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, comprising 14 species. The economically most important member of the genus is Pastinaca sativa, the parsnip.-References:...
.
Subspecies
- Agonopterix angelicella angelicella
- Agonopterix angelicella ochrosephara Saito, 1980 (Japan)