''Agonopterix angelicella'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Depressariidae Depressariidae is a family of moths. It was formerly treated as a subfamily of Gelechiidae, but is now recognised as a separate family, comprising about 2,300 species worldwide. Subfamilies Depressariidae consists of ten subfamilies: * Acriinae ...

. It is found in most of

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, except the

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and south-eastern Europe. It is also found on the

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and

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(the West Siberian Lowland and

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) and in

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Agonopterix angelicella a leaf of Angelica sylvestris inhabited by larva

The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is 16–21 mm. The head is light ochreous yellow. Forewings rosy-ochreous, costa more rosy, somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous; first discal stigma black, often minute or obsolete, preceded by a larger similar dot obliquely above it, second black, placed in a dark fuscous suffusion sometimes tending to form an indistinct fascia, plical sometimes distinct, black; blackish terminal dots. Hindwings whitish grey. The larva is greenish-grey; dots black; head reddish-ochreous; 2 ochreous-tingcd Peter Buchner and Martin Corley, 2025 Depressariidae ''Microlepidoptera of Europe'' eds. Ole Karsholt and Marko Mutanen : 10 Brill Adults are on wing from August to September. The larvae feed among spun leaves or shoots of ''

Angelica ''Angelica'' is a genus of about 90 species of tall Biennial plant, biennial and Perennial plant, perennial herbaceous, herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far north as ...

'' and '' Heracleum''. Other recorded food plants include ''

Laserpitium ''Laserpitium'' is a genus of plants of the family Apiaceae. Selected species *'' Laserpitium gallicum'' L. *'' Laserpitium gaudinii'' Moretti *'' Laserpitium halleri'' Crantz *''Laserpitium latifolium'' L. – broad-leaved sermountain *'' ...

'', ''

Aegopodium ''Aegopodium'' is a plant genus of the family Apiaceae native to Europe and western Asia. It is represented by about twelve species, all are herbs. Flowers are compounded, umbels appearing in spring-summer and are visited by many types of insect ...

'', '' Pimpinella saxifraga'' and ''

Pastinaca ''Pastinaca'' (parsnips) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, comprising 14 species. Economically, the most important member of the genus is '' Pastinaca sativa'', the parsnip. Etymology The etymology of the generic name ''Pas ...

''.

Subspecies

*''Agonopterix angelicella angelicella'' *''Agonopterix angelicella ochrosephara'' Saito, 1980 (Japan)

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