Agonopterix umbellana (Fabricius, 1794)
gorse flat-body, gorse soft shoot moth
on Ulex, etc.
parasite
Larvae in silken tubes on the young shoosts.
host plants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Genista anglica, pilosa, radiata; Spartium junceum; Ulex europaeus, minor.
phenology
Hibernation as imago.
distribution within Europe
larva, pupa
See Fetz.
synonyms
Depressaria umbellana; D. prostratella Constant, 1884; Agonopterix ulicetella (Stainton, 1849).
references
Burmann (1979a, 1984a), Emmet & Langmaid (2002b), Fetz (1994a), Huisman (2012a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2001a), Huisman, Kuchlein, van Nieukerken ao (1986a), Schütze (1931a), Wegner (2010a).