Depressaria alienella

Depressaria alienella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. alienella
Binomial name
Depressaria alienella
Busck, 1904
Synonyms
  • Depressaria nymphidia Meyrick, 1918
  • Depressaria corystopa Meyrick, 1927

Depressaria alienella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by August Busck in 1904.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Yukon to Nova Scotia, south to New England, Arizona and California.[2]

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are light fuscous overlaid with red or reddish fuscous, irrorated with cinereous and fuscous and streaked with blackish fuscous. There is a white discal spot at the end of the cell, preceded and followed by fuscous. There is an ill-defined row of fuscous spots around the termen.[3] The hindwings are pale grey with light brownish shading in the outer half. Adults are on wing from July to September.[4]

The larvae feed on the flowers of Artemisia and Achillea species.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Depressaria alienella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90 (3107): 82
  4. ↑ Bug Guide
  5. ↑ "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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