Agonopterix clemensella

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| taxon = Agonopterix clemensella

| authority = (Chambers, 1876)

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• Gelechia clemensella Chambers, 1876

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Agonopterix clemensella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in eastern North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=862 mothphotographersgroup] The habitat consists of damp woods and meadows.[http://bugguide.net/node/view/726879 Bug Guide]

The wingspan is about 19 mm.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22083#page/183/mode/1up Chambers, V.T. 1876. Tineina. The Canadian Entomologist. 8: 173]

The larvae feed on various Umbelliferae species, including Sanicula odorata, Osmorhiza longistylis, Zizia aptera, Pastinaca sativa and Heracleum mantegazzianum. The species overwinters as an adult.[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/elachistidae/depressariinae/agonopterix/ Agonopterix at funet] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206174205/http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/elachistidae/depressariinae/agonopterix/ |date=December 6, 2014 }}