Depressaria artemisiella

Depressaria artemisiella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1927.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia and Utah.[2]

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

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are light wood brown, shaded with deep brown on the costal half at the base and streaked with white and black. The subcostal vein is black irrorated (sprinkled) with white on the outer half and veins five to nine are indicated by black scaling. There is a transverse crescentic whitish fascia at the apical third and an indistinct black discal spot at the basal third in the cell, followed by a white streak. There is a series of ill-defined blackish spots from the apical third of the costa, around the termen to the middle of the inner margin. The hindwings are pale smoky.[3]

The larvae feed on Artemisia species.[4]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Depressaria artemisiella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. "420141.00 – 0927 – Depressaria artemisiella – McDunnough, 1927". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 90 (3107): 82.
  4. Savela, Markku (December 29, 2018). "Depressaria artemisiella McDunnough, 1927". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 13, 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.