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Genus Depressaria

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Works Cited
Winter moth - Depressaria Another introduced European sp. in Ontario? - Depressaria depressana Larva feeding on the stem of Heracleum maximum - Depressaria radiella Depressaria daucella 0924 - Depressaria daucella Depressaria daucella (or D. angustati) 0924 - Depressaria daucella Depressariinae ? - Depressaria alienella Moth - Depressaria Caterpillars - Depressaria radiella
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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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Depressaria Haworth, 1811
Volucrum Berthold, 1827
Volucra Latreille, 1829
Siganorosis Wallengren, 1881
Schistodepressaria Spuler, 1910
Horridopalpus Hannemann, 1953
Hasenfussia Fetz, 1994
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Depressaria is Latin meaning "flat," for their flat bodies. (1)
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 25 June, 2006 - 12:45pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 8 July, 2014 - 9:18pm

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