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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Depressariidae » Depressariinae » Depressaria » Parsnip Webworm Moth - Hodges#0922 (Depressaria radiella)

Species Depressaria radiella - Parsnip Webworm Moth - Hodges#0922

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Moth - Depressaria radiella caterpillar - Depressaria radiella Parsnip Webworm Moth - Depressaria radiella Parsnip Webworm Moth - Hodges#0922 - Depressaria radiella Unknown larva - Depressaria radiella Depressaria radiella - Parsnip Webworm Moth - Hodges#0922 - Depressaria radiella Depressaria radiella - female 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
Species radiella (Parsnip Webworm Moth - Hodges#0922)
Hodges Number
0922
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Depressaria radiella (Goeze, 1783) (1)
Tinea radiella Goeze, 1783
Haemilis pastinacella Duponchel, 1838
Depressaria ontariella Bethune, 1870
Depressaria caucasica Christoph, 1877
Depressaria heracliana of authors not (Linnaeus, 1758); misidentification
Identification
Food
Larvae feed exclusively on parsnip, plant rich on furanocoumarins, highly toxic chemicals (Pubmed). Also recorded on Heracleum maximum.
Life Cycle
Life cycle images:
1.larvae in plant shelter 2.larva 3.larva feeding on stem of Heracleum maximum 4.adult
Remarks
Introduced species, first detected in North America in 1869.
Linnaeus in his description of heracliana actually had two species. Bradley (1966) applied heracliana to what is now Agonopterix heracliana (extralimital). To the other species, the name D. pastinacella (Duponchel) was applied. Karsholt et al. (2004), determined that Depressaria radiella (Goeze, 1783: 162) (Phalaena (Tinea)) should have had priority.
Considered invasive in this country (from Europe). (Capinera, John L. North American Vegetable Pests. The Pattern of Invasion. American Entomologist. Spring 2002)
Print References
Karsholt, O., Lvovsky, A.L. & Nielsen, C. 2004. A new species of Agonopterix feeding on giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) in the Caucasus, with a discussion of the nomenclature of A. heracliana (Linnaeus) (Depressariidae). Nota lepidopterologica 28(3): 187.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD): D. pastinacella, D. radiella (3)
University of Illinois website
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Encyclopedia of Life
Evolution. M. R. Berenbaum
Works Cited
1.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 25 June, 2006 - 12:45pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, marcie oconnor
Last updated 16 August, 2020 - 3:06pm

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