Depressaria alienella
Depressaria alienella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Depressaria |
Species: | D. alienella |
Binomial name | |
Depressaria alienella Busck, 1904 | |
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Depressaria alienella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by 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]
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]
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