Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Gelechioidea
Ref MBGBI4.1 where treated as Subfamily Depressariinae of Family Oecophoridae and Genus Telechrysis was placed in Oecophorinae
All British species are in Subfamily Depressariinae
Features of Depressariidae and Key to Genera | Key to Agonopterix | Key to Depressaria
Ref MBGBI4.1 where treated as Subfamily Depressariinae of Family Oecophoridae and Genus Telechrysis was placed in Oecophorinae
All British species are in Subfamily Depressariinae
Features of Depressariidae and Key to Genera | Key to Agonopterix | Key to Depressaria
Tribe: Epigraphiini (1G 2S)
Semioscopis (2S)
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001 Semioscopis avellanella
(Early Diviner) 
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002 Semioscopis steinkellneriana
(Black-marked Diviner) 
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Tribe: Depressariini (5G 47S [2EX])
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Luquetia
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Levipalpus
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003 Luquetia lobella
(Tufted Blackthorn Moth) 
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004 Levipalpus hepatariella
(Scarce Highlander) ws: 20-25mm; Aug; mountain everlasting (Antennaria dioica); pRDB - Scottish Highlands & Coll (Muir of Dinnet) |
Exaeretia (2S)
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005 Exaeretia ciniflonella
(Caledonian Grey) 
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006 Exaeretia allisella
(Shrouded Grey) ws: 20-23mm; Jul-Aug; mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris); NS-A local on grassland and waste ground mainly in W&N midlands, N England, N Wales |
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Agonopterix (29S)
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007 Agonopteryx ocellana
(Red-eyed Buff) 
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008 Agonopteryx liturosa
(Purple-shaded Brown) 
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009 Agonopteryx purpurea
(Least Brown) 
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010 Agonopteryx conterminella
(Willow Brown) 
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011 Agonopteryx scopariella
(Broom Buff) 
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012 Agonopterix atomella
(Greenweed Buff) ws: 18-21mm; Jul-Aug; dyer's greenweed (Genista tinctoria); NS-A rough grassland in SC SE & N England |
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013 Agonopterix carduella
(Thistle Buff) ws: 17-17mm; Jul-May; common knapweed (Centaurea nigra), spear/ creeping/ melancholy thistles (Cirsium vulgare/ arvense/ heterophyllum), burdocks (Arctium spp); NS-B local in warm grassy areas throughout GB |
014 Agonopterix kuznetzovi
(Cornish Buff) ws: 15-20mm; Jul-Apr; saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria); pRDB - coastal West Cornwall |
015 Agonopteryx subpropinquella
(Blackneck Buff) 
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016 Agonopterix propinquella
(Black-spot Buff) ws: 16-19mm; Sep-Jul; spear/creeping thistle (Cirsium vulgare/arvense); common on waste ground &rough grass throughout GB |
017 Agonopteryx arenella
(Brindled Buff) 
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018 Agonopteryx heracliana
(Common Brindled Brown) 
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019 Agonopteryx ciliella
(Banded Brindled Brown) 
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020 Agonopterix curvipunctosa
(Powdered Buff) ws:16-17mm; Aug-May; bur chervil/cow parsley (Anthriscus caucalis/sylvestris), rough chervil (Chaerophyllum temulum); pRDB - sandunes and hedgerows - only regular site is Landguard, Suffolk |
021 Agonopterix putridella
(Estuarine Buff) ws: 15-18mm; Jul-Aug; hog's fennel (Peucedanum officinale); RDB - estuarine marshes in Essex and Kent |
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022 Agonopterix capreolella
(Small Burnet Brown) ws: 14-16mm; Aug-May; burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga); pRDB - chalk and limestone downland in Kent and IOW |
023 Agonopterix rotundella
(Ashen Buff) 
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024 Agonopteryx assimilella
(Speckled Broom Buff) 
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025 Agonopterix nanatella
(Carline Buff) ws: 14-17mm; Jul; carline thistle (Carlina vulgaris); NS-B - chalk & limestone grassland in S.England and S.Wales |
026 Agonopteryx kaekeritziana
(Knapweed Buff) 
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027Agonopterix bipunctosa
(Twin-spot Buff) ws: 18-22mm; Jul-Sep; saw-wort (Serratula tinctoria); NS-A on down, heath and marsh south of a line from N Wales to wash |
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028 Agonopterix pallorella
(Black-streaked Buff) ws: 19-22mm; Sep-May; greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa); NS-B chalk or limestone grassland from Dorset to Kent and S.Wales |
029 Agonopteryx umbellana
(Gorse Buff) 
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030 Agonopteryx nervosa
(Burnt-tip Buff) 
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031 Agonopteryx alstromeriana
(Hemlock Moth) 
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032 Agonopteryx angelicella
(Angelica Brown) 
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033 Agonopterix astrantiae
(Sanicle Brown) ws: 19-22mm; Jul-Aug; sanicle (Sanicula europaea); RDB - ancient woodland on chalky soils in England and N Wales |
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034 Agonopterix cnicella
(Sea-holly Brown) 
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035 Agonopterix yeatiana
(Coastal Buff) 
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Depressaria (14S) [2EX]
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036 Depressaria radiella
(Parsnip Moth) 
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037 Depressaria pimpinellae
(Pimpinel Brown) ws: 16-20mm; Sep-May; burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga/major); NS-A - chalk & limestone grassland in England |
038 Depressaria badiella
(Varied Brown) 
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039 Depressaria daucella
(Water-dropwort Brown) 
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040 Depressaria ultimella
(Marsh Brown) 
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041 Depressaria silesiaca
(Highland Yarrow Brown) ws: 13-16mm; Aug-May; yarrow (Achillea millefoium), tansy (Tanacetum vulgare); pRDB - E.Scottish highlands eg Muir of Dinnet |
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042 Depressaria pulcherrimella
(Pignut Brown) 
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043 Depressaria sordidatella
(Chervil Brown) 
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044 Depressaria douglasella
(Carrot Brown) 
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045 Depressaria albipunctella
(White-spot Brown) ws: 18-21mm; Aug-May; wild carrot (Daucus carota), upright hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica); NS-A in open grassland and scrub in England and Wales |
046 Depressaria olerella
(Yarrow Brown) ws: 20-23mm; Aug-Apr; yarrow (Achillea millefolium); pRDB - dry sandy or grassy heath Woolmer Forest, Hampshire & separate Scottish race at Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms |
047 Depressaria chaerophylli
(Tabby Brown) ws: 19-22mm; Jul-May; rough chervil (Chaerophyllum temulum); local in hedgrows and woodland margins in England & SE Wales |
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048 Depressaria depressana
(White-headed Brown) Extinct in GB, last record 1890s |
049 Depressaria discipunctella
(Oxford Brown) Extinct in GB, last record 1924 |
Tribe: Telechrysidini (1G 1S)
Telechrysis
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050 Telechrysis tripuncta
(Treble-spot) ws: 11-14mm; May-Jun; dead wood; NS-B local in woodland in southern half of England, N&S Wales |
Tribe: Hypercalliini (1G 1S)
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051 Hypercallia citrinalis
(Milkwort Beauty) Was considered extinct in GB (1975), But rediscovered on the North Downs, Kent in 2019 |
