Agonopterix alpigena

Agonopterix alpigena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species: A. alpigena
Binomial name
Agonopterix alpigena
(Frey, 1870)[1]
Synonyms
  • Depressaria alpigena Frey, 1870
  • Depressaria ragonoti Rebel, 1889
  • Depressaria sileris Pfaffenzeller, 1870
  • Depressaria alpigena var. salevensis Frey, 1880

Agonopterix alpigena is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Croatia.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Laserpitium siler,[2] Laserpitium latifolium and Ligusticum lucidum. The species overwinters as an adult.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ lepiforum.de
  3. ↑ Nachrichtenblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen


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