Agonopterix Carduella
''Agonopterix carduella'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found from Great Britain, Germany and Estonia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Italy and Montenegro. The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults are on wing from July to May. The larvae feed on ''Arctium'', ''Carduus defloratus'', ''Centaurea jacea'', ''Centaurea nigra'', ''Cirsium arvense'', ''Cirsium helenioides'' and ''Cirsium vulgare''. They leaf miner, mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from May to early July. The species overwinters as an adult. References External linkslepiforum.de
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Jacob Hübner
Jacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. Scientific career Hübner was the author of ''Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge'' (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology. He was one of the first specialists to work on the European Lepidoptera. He described many new species, for example ''Sesia bembeciformis'' and ''Euchloe tagis'', many of them common. He also described many new genus, genera. He was a designer and engraver and from 1786 he worked for three years as a designer and engraver at a cotton factory in Ukraine. There he collected butterflies and moths including descriptions and illustrations of some in ''Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schmetterlinge'' (1786–1790) along with other new species from the countryside around his home in Augsburg. Hübner's masterwork "Tentamen" was intended as a discussion document. I ...
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