Agonopterix rosaciliella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1904.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alaska and western Saskatchewan through Washington to California and Arizona.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Agonopterix |
| Species: | A. rosaciliella
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| Agonopterix rosaciliella (Busck, 1904)
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The wingspan is 20–26 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white overlaid with reddish and suffused with reddish fuscous, and irrorated with sparse blackish scales. The basal portion of the forewings is light and contains a fuscous spot and is followed by a deep reddish-fuscous shade. There is a series distinct fuscous spots on the costa and termen, the former alternated with small whitish-ochreous spots. There are also four white discal spots, edged with black. The hindwings are light fuscous.[3]
The larvae feed on Angelica arguta, Angelica hendersonii, Conioselinum chinense, Ligusticum apiifolium, Oenanthe sarmentosa, Osmorhiza chilensis, Osmorhiza occidentalis and Echinopanax horridum.[4]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix rosaciliella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum
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- ^ Agonopterix at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
