''Agonopterix walsinghamella'', or Walsingham's agonopterix moth, is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by

August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...

in 1902. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from the north-eastern United States and Canada. The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are deep crimson red, irrorated (speckled) with black and cinereous (ash-gray) scales. The costa is broadly tawny red nearly to the apex, with veins nine to twelve strongly indicated by cinereous and irrorated with black scales and with poorly defined fuscous spots on the extreme edge. The discal spots are white. The first discal spot at the basal third is edged with carmine and the second at the end of the cell is preceded by a few carmine scales. The hindwings are light fuscous. The larvae feed on ''

Comptonia peregrina ''Comptonia peregrina'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae. It is the only extant (living) species in the genus ''Comptonia (plant), Comptonia'', although a number of extinct species are placed in the genus. ''Comptonia pere ...

'', '' Myrica aspleniifolia'' and '' Myrica gale''.''Agonopterix''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

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