Depressaria alienella

Depressaria alienella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1904.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Yukon to Nova Scotia, south to New England, Arizona and California.[2]

Depressaria alienella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Depressaria
Species:
D. alienella
Binomial name
Depressaria alienella
Busck, 1904
Synonyms
  • Depressaria nymphidia Meyrick, 1918
  • Depressaria corystopa Meyrick, 1927

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are light fuscous overlaid with red or reddish fuscous, irrorated with cinereous and fuscous and streaked with blackish fuscous. There is a white discal spot at the end of the cell, preceded and followed by fuscous. There is an ill-defined row of fuscous spots around the termen.[3] The hindwings are pale grey with light brownish shading in the outer half. Adults are on wing from July to September.[4]

The larvae feed on the flowers of Artemisia and Achillea species.[5]

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


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