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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Depressariinae » Depressaria » Purple Carrot-seed Moth  - Hodges#0924.1 (Depressaria depressana)

Species Depressaria depressana - Purple Carrot-seed Moth - Hodges#0924.1

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Another introduced European sp. in Ontario? - Depressaria depressana Moth - Depressaria depressana Depressaria depressana male - Depressaria depressana - male Depressariidae, larva on Queen Anne's Lace, dorsal - Depressaria depressana Purple Carrot-seed Moth - Depressaria depressana Depressariidae, Purple Carrot-seed Moth, dorsal - Depressaria depressana Purple Carrot-seed Moth - Hodges#0924.1 - Depressaria depressana
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Depressariidae
Subfamily Depressariinae
Genus Depressaria
Species depressana (Purple Carrot-seed Moth - Hodges#0924.1)
Hodges Number
0924.1
Other Common Names
Blunt’s flat-body moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Depressaria depressana Fabricius, 1775
Pyralis depressana Fabricius, 1775
Synonyms
Tinea depressella Fabricius, 1798
Depressaria rhodochlora Meyrick, 1923
Numbers
There are 25 named species of the genus Depressaria in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Size
Wingspan 14-20 mm. (2)
Identification

Genitalia:
♀
♂
Range
Introduced (2009) to northeastern North America.
Occurs in most of Europe, Asia and northern Africa.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
The main flight period appears to be May through December. (2), (3)
Food
The larvae feed on plants in the parsley family, mainly the flowers and unripe seeds. Hosts include coriander, dill, carrot (Daucus carota), anise (Pimpinella), fennel, caraway, cumin (Cuminum cyminum), celery, parsley, parsnip (Pastinaca), and cow-parsnip [per Agro Atlas, cited below]; also Seseli and Peucedanum according to BAMONA.
Life Cycle
Larva; pupa in Angelica atropurpurea seed head; adult
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (2)
Print References
Rebel, H. 1939. Wien: Zer Lepidopterfauna Cyperns. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 1: 562.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Agro Atlas
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (4)
iNaturalist
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 July, 2010 - 12:55pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Nick Block, ceiseman, marcie oconnor, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 16 September, 2024 - 3:09pm

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