Depressaria besma

Depressaria besma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Depressaria
Species:	D. besma
Binomial name
	Depressaria besma; Clarke, 1947

Depressaria besma is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Clarke in 1947.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Washington and California.^[2]

The wingspan is 17–20 mm. The forewings are fuscous, almost black basally. The hindwings are light greyish fuscous, but darker outwardly.^[3]

The larvae feed on Lomatium utriculatum.^[4]

References[]

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Depressaria besma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37 (1): 14
^ "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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

[2] thphotographersgroup

[3] Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37 (1): 14

[4] "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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