Depressaria betina

Depressaria betina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. betina
Binomial name
Depressaria betina
Clarke, 1947

Depressaria betina is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Clarke in 1947.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California to Washington.[2]

The wingspan is 19–23 mm. The forewings are dull grayish fuscous, overlaid with reddish fuscous scales and with the veins indicated by black streaks. The hindwings are grayish fuscous, but darker at the margins.[3]

The larvae feed on Lomatium nudicaule, Lomatium triternatum, Lomatium columbianum and Lomatium dissectum.[4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Depressaria betina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Clarke, Gates (1947). "Notes on Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new species". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 37 (1): 9–10.
  4. "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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