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Agonopterix capreolella

Synonyms: Agonopterix caprella; Agonopterix depressella; Depressaria capreolella (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Agonopterix capreolella is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in most of Europe, the eastern Palearctic ecozone and the Near East. The wingspan is 15–19 mm. Adults are on wing from August to May. The larvae feed on Pimpinella saxifaga, Daucus carota and Sium latifolium.
View Wikipedia Record: Agonopterix capreolella

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Berwickshire and North Northumberland Coast 160731 England/Scotland, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Daucus carota (bird's nest)[1]
Pimpinella saxifraga (solidstem burnet saxifrage)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Apis mellifera (honey bee)1
Dasypolia templi (Brindled Ochre)1
Eupithecia centaureata (Lime-speck Pug)1
Eupithecia pimpinellata (pimpinel pug)1
Eupithecia subfuscata (gray pug)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0