Agonopterix carduella

Agonopterix carduella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found from Great Britain, Germany and Estonia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy and Montenegro.

Agonopterix carduella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Agonopterix
Species:
A. carduella
Binomial name
Agonopterix carduella
(Hübner, 1817)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea carduella Haworth, 1817

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults are on wing from July to May.[2]

The larvae feed on Arctium, Carduus defloratus, Centaurea jacea, Centaurea nigra, Cirsium arvense, Cirsium helenioides and Cirsium vulgare. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] Larvae can be found from May to early July. The species overwinters as an adult.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. UKmoths
  3. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2011-09-28.


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