Depressaria schellbachi

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

Depressaria schellbachi 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 Arizona and Wyoming.[2]

The wingspan is 21–24 mm. The forewings are reddish ochreous, overlaid with fuscous. The hindwings are whitish, shading to dark fuscous at the margins basally.[3]

The larvae feed on .[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Depressaria schellbachi". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ^ Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37 (1): 5
  4. ^ "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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