''Agonopterix oregonensis'' 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

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

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

to southern

British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

. 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 15–18 mm. The forewings are brownish fuscous, heavily overlaid with brick-red scales. The base of the wing and costa to the middle are light grey. The light-grey scaling diminishes beyond the middle of the wing and the extreme costal edge is bright pink spotted with black. There is much black scaling along the costa, inside the greyish area and along the veins toward the apex, as well as a conspicuous white spot encircled with black scales at the end of the cell. There are also two small black spots at the basal third, followed by white scaling. The hindwings are dark smoky fuscous. The larvae feed on '' Lomatium caruifolium'', '' Lomatium marginatum'', ''

Lomatium nudicaule ''Lomatium'' is a genus in the family Apiaceae. It consists of about 100 species. Its common names include biscuitroot, Indian parsley, and desert parsley. It is in the family Apiaceae and therefore related to many familiar edible species such a ...

'', ''

Lomatium utriculatum ''Lomatium utriculatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name common lomatium or spring gold. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of hab ...

'', '' Angelica hendersonii'', ''

Angelica lucida ''Angelica lucida'' is a species of angelica known by the common names seacoast angelica and sea-watch. It is also one of many species in the celery family which are casually called wild celery. As its common names suggest, this plant is found ...

'', ''

Eryngium vaseyi ''Eryngium vaseyi'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is endemic to California. The specific epithet ''vaseyi'' honors the American plant collector George Richard Vasey (not to be confused with his father George Vasey) ...

'', '' Oenanthe sarmentosa'', '' Sanicula bipinnatifida'', '' Sanicula laciniata'', '' Sanicula nevadensis'' and '' Sanicula tuberosa''.

References

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