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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

Purple Carrot-seed Moth - Depressaria depressana

Depressariidae, Purple Carrot-seed Moth, ventral - 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

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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