Agonopterix cajonensis

Agonopterix cajonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Agonopterix
Species:	A. cajonensis
Binomial name
	Agonopterix cajonensis; J. F. G. Clarke, 1941

Agonopterix cajonensis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1941.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California.[2]

The wingspan 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.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix cajonensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
"420086.00 – 0874 – Agonopterix cajonensis – Clarke, 1941". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
Clarke, J. F. Gates (1941). "Revision of the North American Moths of the Family Oecophoridae, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 90 (3107): 82 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agonopterix cajonensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 19, 2018.

[2] "420086.00 – 0874 – Agonopterix cajonensis – Clarke, 1941". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 14, 2019.

[3] Clarke, J. F. Gates (1941). "Revision of the North American Moths of the Family Oecophoridae, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 90 (3107): 82 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.