Species Details

ABH: 32.026

BF: 698

Family: Depressariidae

Subfamily: Depressariinae

Taxon: Agonopterix kaekeritziana

=Agonopterix liturella

Authority: (Linnaeus, 1767)

Vernacular: Knapweed Buff

Account: Local on downland, open grassland, roadside verges and flower meadows throughout much of the British Isles, except for parts of the Highlands of Scotland and Shetland Most likely to be confused with A. bipunctosa and A. pallorella, both of which lack any trace of rusty orange coloration and have a more definitive subdorsal dot near the base of the forewing (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). Larva feeds on Common Knapweed and Greater Knapweed, living within a spun or rolled leaf.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 19 — 23 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Aug (2010) — 15 Aug (2010)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Centaurea sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/agonopterix-kaekeritziana/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2010

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