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''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'', ''
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The wingspan is 14–17 mm. Adults are on wing from July to May.
The larvae feed on '' Arctium'', ''Carduus defloratus
''Carduus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, and the tribe Cardueae, one of two genera considered to be true thistles, the other being '' Cirsium''. Plants of the genus are known commonly as plumeless thistles.
'', ''Centaurea jacea
''Centaurea jacea'', brown knapweed or brownray knapweed, is a species of herbaceous perennial plants in the genus ''Centaurea'' native to dry meadows and open woodland throughout Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally conside ...
'', ''Centaurea nigra
''Centaurea nigra'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names lesser knapweed, common knapweed and black knapweed. A local vernacular name is hardheads.
It is native to Europe but it is known on other ...
'', '' Cirsium arvense'', ''Cirsium helenioides
''Cirsium helenioides'', the melancholy thistle, is an Asian and Arctic species of plants in the tribe Cardueae within the family Asteraceae. The species is native to Greenland (but considered extinct from Greenland since 1960), Iceland, Norway, ...
'' and '' Cirsium vulgare''.
They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from May to early July. The species overwinters as an adult.
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