Depressaria whitmani

Depressaria whitmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. whitmani
Binomial name
Depressaria whitmani
Clarke, 1941

Depressaria whitmani is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Clarke in 1941.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California, Arizona, Washington, Colorado and Montana.[2]

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings are blackish fuscous irrorated with drab and olive-buff scales. There are three short dashes at the basal third and the bases of veins nine to eleven, as well as a series of small spots at the ends of all the veins around the termen are black. There is an olive-buff spot at the end of the cell, preceded by a few black scales. The hindwings are light fuscous, but darker apically.[3]

The larvae feed on Lomatium macrocarpum.[4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Depressaria whitmani". 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. "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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