Agonopterix heracliana

Agonopterix heracliana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species: A. heracliana
Binomial name
Agonopterix heracliana
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena heracliana Linnaeus, 1758
  • Pyralis applana Fabricius, 1777

Agonopterix heracliana is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, North Africa, the Near East and the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone.

The wingspan is 17-25 mm. Adults are on wing from September to April.

The larvae spin the leaves of a variety of umbelliferous plants, including Heracleum sphondylium, Anthriscus sylvestris, Chaerophyllum temulum, and most other Umbelliferae including Angelica sylvestris, Aegopodium podagraria, Conopodium majus, Daucus, Meum, Myrrhis, Oenanthe, Pastinaca, Silaum, Sison, Smyrnium, Torilis and Ligusticum.

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