Species Details

ABH: 32.008

BF: 709

Family: Depressariidae

Subfamily: Depressariinae

Taxon: Agonopterix liturosa

=Agonopterix huebneri

Authority: (Haworth, 1811)

Vernacular: Purple-shaded Brown

Account: Local in England, Wales and southern Scotland; rare in Ireland The most likely confusion species is A. conterminella, which see for differences. Larva feeds on St John's-wort, living between leaves spun together with silk.

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: 17 — 20 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 Jun (1997) — 7 Sep (2009)

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

Foodplant: Hypericum 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-liturosa/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 4

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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