Himmacia huachucella

Himmacia huachucella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Himmacia
Species:	H. huachucella
Binomial name
	Himmacia huachucella; (Busck, 1908)
Synonyms
	Cryptolechia huachucella Busck, 1908;

Himmacia huachucella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1908.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona.[2]

The wingspan is 21–25 mm. The forewings are unicolorous salmon ochreous, the costa slightly more red. The hindwings are light ochreous fuscous, slightly darker around the margins.[3]

The larvae feed on Quercus hypoleucoides and Quercus arizonica.[4]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Himmacia huachucella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90 (3107): 82
Himmacia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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[nhm-1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Himmacia huachucella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90 (3107): 82

[4] Himmacia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms