Depressaria yakimae

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

Depressaria yakimae 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 Washington.[2]

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are brownish ochreous mixed with white scales with a blackish fuscous base and fuscous costa, mixed with white. The hindwings are fuscous, but lighter basally.[3]

The larvae feed on Pteryxia terebenthina foeniculacea.[4]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Depressaria yakimae". 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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