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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Gelechioidea » Grass Miner Moths (Elachistidae) » Depressariinae » Depressaria » Parsnip Webworm Moth - Hodges#0922 (Depressaria pastinacella)

Species Depressaria pastinacella - Parsnip Webworm Moth - Hodges#0922

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Remarks · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea
Family Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Subfamily Depressariinae
Genus Depressaria
Species pastinacella (Parsnip Webworm Moth - Hodges#0922)
Hodges Number
0922
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Stainton 1849
Food
Larvae feed exclusively on parsnip, plant rich on furanocoumarins, highly toxic chemicals (Pubmed).
Remarks
Introduced species, first detected in North America in 1869.
Internet References
University of Illinois website
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Encyclopedia of Life
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 25 June, 2006 - 12:45pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 11 October, 2011 - 2:49pm

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