Depressaria cinereocostella

Depressaria cinereocostella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1864.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Manitoba, Nova Scotia to Georgia and in Nebraska.[2]

Depressaria cinereocostella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Depressaria
Species:
D. cinereocostella
Binomial name
Depressaria cinereocostella
Clemens, 1864
Synonyms
  • Depressaria clausella Walker, 1864

The wingspan is 15–22 mm. The forewings are cinereous, overlaid with dull brownish red (except at the costa) and suffused with blackish fuscous in the basal half and irrorated (sprinkled) with black and cinereous scales. There is a series of longitudinal black dashes in the fold and along the veins and the base of the costa and anal angle are blackish fuscous. There is a series of ill-defined blackish-fuscous spots from the middle of the costa around the termen to the inner margin. The hindwings are greyish fuscous, but lighter basally.[3]

The larvae feed on Oxypolis rigidior, Sium suave, Cicuta maculata, Carum carvi and Ligusticum scoticum.[4]

References
  1. "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
  2. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
  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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