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Agonopterix lythrella

Synonyms: Agonopterix arcuella

Wikipedia Abstract

Agonopterix lythrella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1889. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The larvae feed on Lythrum alatum, Hypericum punctatum and Hypericum virginicum.
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Prey / Diet

Lythrum acutangulum (wing-angle loosestrife)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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