Depressaria yakimae

Depressaria yakimae is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1941.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington.[2]

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

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are brownish ocherous 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. "420148.00 – 0934 – Depressaria yakimae – Clarke, 1941". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
  3. Clarke, J. F. Gates (1941). "Revision of the North American Moths of the Family Oecophoridae, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 90 (3107): 185 – via Internet Archive.
  4. Savela, Markku. "Depressaria yakimae Clarke, 1941". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 14, 2019.


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