''Agonopterix purpurea'' 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 most of

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan of ...

is 13–15 mm. The head is grey, face white. Forewings are crimson-fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous and whitish, especially towards costa; base more whitish; first discal stigma black, posteriorly whitish-edged, preceded by a similar dot obliquely above it, second white, edged with dark fuscous; between and above these a dark fuscous blotch reaching costa. Hindwings light grey, darker posteriorly. The larva is yellowish; head and plate of 2 black Adults are on wing from August to May or June. The larvae feed on ''

Anthriscus sylvestris ''Anthriscus sylvestris'', known as cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, Queen Anne's lace or keck, is a herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial plant in the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), genus ''Anthriscus''. It is also some ...

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Chaerophyllum temulum ''Chaerophyllum temulum'', the rough chervil, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. Unlike several other species in the genus, ''Chaerophyllum temulum'' is poisonous.Starý, František, Poisonous Plants (Hamlyn colour guides) ...

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Daucus carota ''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...

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Torilis japonica ''Torilis japonica'', the erect hedgeparsley, upright hedge-parsley or Japanese hedge parsley, is a herbaceous flowering plant species in the celery family Apiaceae. Japanese hedge parsley is considered both an annual and biennial plant depend ...

''. The species overwinters as an adult. Pupation takes place in a cocoon in the earth.Lepidoptera of Belgium

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