Depressaria irregularis

Depressaria irregularis is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Japan[1] and the Russian Far East.[2]

Depressaria irregularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Depressaria
Species:
D. irregularis
Binomial name
Depressaria irregularis
Matsumura, 1931

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are dark brown grey, lightly speckled with grey along the costa. There is a black dash at the base of the angle of the cell, as well as a white spot at two-thirds in the cell, ringed with a black circle with a median black dash from the spot towards the centre of the cell. There are also some short black horizontal dashes in the outer third of the wing. The hindwings are brown grey, darker at the termen.[3]

References
  1. "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Oecophoridae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Archived from the original on 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  3. Species described within the genus Depressaria by Matsumura (Lepidoptera)


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