Agnoea josephinae, the orange-headed tubic, is a species of moth in the family Lypusidae. It is found in Europe.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lypusidae |
| Subfamily: | Lypusinae |
| Genus: | Agnoea |
| Species: | A. josephinae
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| Agnoea josephinae (Toll, 1956)
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location.[4][5]
The larvae feed on dead and decaying leaves.
This species was formerly in the genus Pseudatemelia.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Agnoea josephinae". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ "Agnoea josephinae (Toll, 1956)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
- ^ Sinev, S. Yu.; Lvovsky, A. L. (2014). "Taxonomical status and species composition of the little known genus Agnoea Walsingham, 1907 (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Lypusidae)". Zoosystematica Rossica. 23 (1). doi:10.31610/zsr/2014.23.1.137.
- ^ Ian Kimber (January 1, 1998). "Pseudatemelia josephinae". ukmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
- ^ https://lepiforum.de/lepiwiki_vgl.pl?Agnoea_Josephinae lepiforum.de]
External links
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