Depressariidae : Depressariinae
Agonopterix arenella
AGONOPTERIX arenella ([Denis & Schiffermüller] , 1775)
Agonopterix arenella
AGONOPTERIX arenella ([Denis & Schiffermüller] , 1775)
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Life Cycle Guide
Description
Vernacular Name: Brindled Flat-body
Wingspan: 16-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Sicily & Spain) : North Africa
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of the British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Downland Open Grassland : Gardens : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
The larva initially feeds in a leaf mine before creating a spinning on the underside of the leaf which can be rolled.
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: Forewings are pale brown with reddish brown shading and finely speckled blackish with a pair of oblique black spots about a third along the wing and another black spot positioned approximately at one half.Between these dots is a blackish blotch with lighter smaller marks along the costa and in the basal area another pair od blackish blotches. The terminal line is made up of a series of black dots.
The moth is common throughout the British Isles appearing late summer to early autumn before hibernating over winter and reappearing in spring.
The moth is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 16-22mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Azores,Balearic Is.,Bulgaria,Canary Is.,Corsica,Crete,Cyprus,Madeira,Malta,Sicily & Spain) : North Africa
UK Distribution: Common throughout most of the British Isles
UK Conservation Status -
- Common = > 300 10km squares
- Least Concern
- Tinea arenella ([Denis & Schiffermüller] , 1775)
- Tinea signella Hübner, 1796
- Austria,near Vienna
Habitat: Downland Open Grassland : Gardens : Waste Ground
Similar Species -
- None
The larva initially feeds in a leaf mine before creating a spinning on the underside of the leaf which can be rolled.
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: Forewings are pale brown with reddish brown shading and finely speckled blackish with a pair of oblique black spots about a third along the wing and another black spot positioned approximately at one half.Between these dots is a blackish blotch with lighter smaller marks along the costa and in the basal area another pair od blackish blotches. The terminal line is made up of a series of black dots.
The moth is common throughout the British Isles appearing late summer to early autumn before hibernating over winter and reappearing in spring.
The moth is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Arctium lappa - Greater Burdock - Gobo
- Carduus personata - Burdock Thistle
- Centaurea jacea - Brown Knapweed
- Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed
- Centauria scabiosa - Greater Knapweed
- Cirsium vulgare - Common Thistle - Spear Thistle
- Serratula tinctoria - Saw-Wort
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Carlina - Carline Thistle/Sonchus - Milk Thistle
- Dipsacaceae - Knautia - Teasel/Scabious
- Note - Larvae also feed on the following plant families
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Depressariidae Depressariinae Depressariini AGONOPTERIX Hübner, [1825] Agonopterix arenella ([Denis & Schiffermüller] , 1775) - Tinea signella Hübner, 1796 - TINEA arenella ([Denis & Schiffermüller] , 1775) = Depressaria immaculana Stephens, 1834 - Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend : Title Page : p.137 - n.3 - Austria,Near Vienna |