''Agonopterix cajonensis'' 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 ...

in the family

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. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1941. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from

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. The

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is 20–23 mm. The forewings are grayish fuscous, overlaid with ocherous-white. The base of the forewings is and the basal third of the costa is ocherous-white. The light basal area is followed by a dark fuscous shade. The whole forewing is irrorated (speckled) with small fuscous spots and there is an ocherous-white spot, narrowly edged with fuscous, at the end of the cell. The hindwings are grayish fuscous.

References

Moths described in 1941 Agonopterix Moths of North America {{Agonopterix-stub