''Agonopterix arctica'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Depressariidae. It is found in

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and northern

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. The

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is 15–19 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August. The larvae feed on '' Salix myrsinites'' and ''

Salix myrtilloides ''Salix myrtilloides'', the swamp willow, is a willow native to boglands in cool temperate to subarctic regions of northeastern Europe and northern Asia from central Norway and Poland eastwards to the Pacific Ocean coasts, with isolated populati ...

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References

Moths described in 1902 Agonopterix Moths of Europe {{Agonopterix-stub