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Gorse flat-body

Agonopterix umbellana (Fabricius, 1794)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The gorse flat-body (Agonopterix umbellana) is a species in the family Depressariidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the gorse flat-body

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the gorse flat-body live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the gorse flat-body as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Australia

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the gorse flat-body endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the gorse flat-body classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyDepressariidae
  6. genusAgonopterix
  7. SpeciesAgonopterix umbellana (Fabricius, 1794)

Synonyms Agonopterix prostratella, Agonopterix ulicetella, Agonopterix ulicitella, Agonopterix umbellana prostratella, Depressaria knitschkei, Depressaria lennigiella, Depressaria prostratella, Depressaria ulicetella, Pyralis umbellana

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Gorse soft shoot mothEnglish
  • Corff Gwastad EithinWelsh
  • GaspeldoornkaartmotDutch
  • Cyrff Gwastad EithinWelsh

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the gorse flat-body

Other species in the same genus Agonopterix.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the gorse flat-body an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the gorse flat-body as introduced in 1 country: Australia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the gorse flat-body?

The gorse flat-body (Agonopterix umbellana) belongs to the family Depressariidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gorse flat-body (Agonopterix umbellana). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gorse-flat-body

MLA

“Gorse flat-body (Agonopterix umbellana).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gorse-flat-body.

BibTeX
@misc{gorse_flat_body_2026,
  title = {Gorse flat-body (Agonopterix umbellana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gorse-flat-body},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}