Agonopterix nubiferella
| Agonopterix nubiferella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Agonopterix |
| Species: | A. nubiferella |
| Binomial name | |
| Agonopterix nubiferella (Walsingham, 1881) | |
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Agonopterix nubiferella is a moth in the Oecophoridae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1881.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from northern California to British Columbia.[2]
The wingspan is 18-20 mm. The forewings are ochreous, the extreme base (except the costa) unmarked, while the remainder is suffused with brownish red and irrorated with scattered fuscous scales. There is a dark brownish-red shade with a fuscous central discal dot from the costa, across the end of the cell, almost to the inner margin. This shade is preceded by two distinct brownish-red discal dots. There is a series of reddish-fuscous spots along the costa and a line of the same colour around the termen. The hindwings are greyish fuscous.[3]
The larvae feed on Hypericum perforatum.[4]