''Depressaria'' is a
moth genus of the
superfamily
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Gelechioidea. It is the
type genus of subfamily
Depressariinae
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The Depressariinae – sometimes spelled "Depressiinae" in error – are a subfamily of moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. Like their relatives therein, their exact relationships are not yet very well resolved. It has been c ...
, which is often – particularly in older treatments – considered a distinct
family Depressariidae or included in the
Elachistidae, but actually seems to belong in the
Oecophoridae.
[Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)]
The genus'
type species is the
parsnip moth
The parsnip moth or parsnip webworm (''Depressaria radiella'') is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal and most of the Balkan Peninsula. This species has also been introduced into New Zealand.
The w ...
. Its
scientific name
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has been much confused for about 200 years.
Adrian Hardy Haworth, on establishing the genus ''Depressaria'' in his 1811 issues of ''Lepidoptera Britannica'', called the eventual type species ''Phalaena heraclei'', an unjustified
emendation
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* Emendation (textual), altering a word to make sense, e.g. when incomplete or assumed to have been copied incorrectly
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of ''P.'' (''Tortrix'') ''heracliana''. In this he followed such
entomologists of his time as
Anders Jahan Retzius
Anders Jahan Retzius (3 October 1742 – 6 October 1821) was a Swedish chemist, botanist and entomologist.
Biography
Born in Kristianstad, he matriculated at Lund University in 1758, where he graduated as a filosofie magister in 1766. He also tr ...
, who in 1783 had believed the parsnip moth to be a species originally described by
Carl Linnaeus in
1758
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* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
. But in fact, this was a misidentification; Linnaeus' moth was actually the one known today as ''
Agonopterix heracliana
''Agonopterix heracliana'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, North Africa, the Near East, and the eastern part of the Palearctic realm. It was first described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of ...
''. To make matters worse,
John Curtis popularized another incorrect spelling, ''D. heracleana'', apparently first introduced (as ''Pyralis heracleana'') by
Johan Christian Fabricius in his 1775 ''Systema Entomologiae''.
[Pitkin & Jenkins (2004)]
Species
New species of ''Depressaria'' continue to be discovered and described. Known species include:
[FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2003)]
* ''
Depressaria absynthiella
''Depressaria absynthiella'' is a moth of the Family (biology), family Depressariidae. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Albania and Greece.
T ...
''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1865
* ''
Depressaria adustatella
''Depressaria adustatella'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in France and on the Iberian Peninsula and Sardinia. It is also present in North Africa, where it has been recorded from Morocco, Algeria and Libya
Libya (; a ...
''
Turati, 1927
* ''
Depressaria albipunctella
''Depressaria albipunctella'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, as well as in Libya.
The wingspan is 19–22 mm. Adults are on wing from early August to late November and after hibernating again from ...
''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (= ''D. aegopodiella'', ''D. albipuncta'')
* ''
Depressaria alienella
''Depressaria alienella'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1904. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Yukon to Nova Scotia, south to New England, Arizona and California.
The win ...
''
Busck, 1904 (= ''D. corystopa'', ''D. nymphidia'')
* ''
Depressaria altaica
''Depressaria altaica'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Russia (Altai Mountains
The Altai Mountains (), also spelled Altay Mountains, are a mountain range in Central Asia, Central and East Asia, where Russia, China, ...
''
Zeller, 1854
* ''
Depressaria angelicivora
''Depressaria angelicivora'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Clarke in 1952. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Montana and Washington.
The larvae feed on ''Angelica arguta
''Angelica ...
''
Clarke, 1952
* ''
Depressaria angustati''
Clarke, 1941
* ''
Depressaria armata''
Clarke, 1952
* ''
Depressaria artemisiae''
Nickerl, 1864 (= ''D. dracunculi'')
* ''
Depressaria artemisiella''
McDunnough, 1927
* ''
Depressaria assalella''
Chrétien, 1915
* ''
Depressaria atrostrigella''
Clarke, 1941
* ''
Depressaria basicostata''
Matsumura, 1931
* ''
Depressaria badiella''
(Hübner, 1796)
* ''
Depressaria beckmanni''
Heinemann, 1870
* ''
Depressaria besma''
Clarke, 1947
* ''
Depressaria betina''
Clarke, 1947
* ''
Depressaria bupleurella''
Heinemann, 1870
* ''
Depressaria cervicella''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
* ''
Depressaria chaerophylli''
Zeller, 1839
* ''
Depressaria chlorothorax''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Depressaria cinderella''
Corley, 2002
* ''
Depressaria cinereocostella''
Clemens, 1864 (= ''D. clausella'')
* ''
Depressaria clausulata''
Meyrick, 1911
* ''
Depressaria colossella''
Caradja, 1920
* ''
Depressaria compactella''
Caradja, 1920
* ''
Depressaria constancei''
Clarke, 1947
* ''
Depressaria corticinella''
Zeller, 1854
* ''
Depressaria danilevskyi''
Lvovsky, 1981
* ''
Depressaria daucella
''Depressaria daucella'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in North America.
The wingspan is 21–24 mm. The terminal joint of palpi with two blacki ...
''
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (= ''D. apiella'', ''D. nervosa''
(''sensu auct. non'' Haworth, 1811: misidentified), ''D. rubricella'')
* ''
Depressaria daucivorella''
Ragonot, 1889
* ''
Depressaria depressana'' – purple carrot-seed moth
* ''
Depressaria despoliatella''
Erschoff, 1874
* ''
Depressaria deverrella''
Chrétien, 1915
* ''
Depressaria discipunctella''
Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
* ''
Depressaria djakonovi''
Lvovsky, 1981
* ''
Depressaria douglasella''
Stainton, 1849
* ''
Depressaria eleanorae''
Clarke, 1941
* ''
Depressaria emeritella''
Stainton, 1849
* ''
Depressaria erinaceella''
Staudinger, 1870
* ''
Depressaria eryngiella''
Millière, 1881
* ''
Depressaria erzurumella''
Lvovsky, 1996
* ''
Depressaria filipjevi''
Lvovsky, 1981
* ''
Depressaria floridella''
Mann, 1864
* ''
Depressaria fuscipedella''
Chrétien, 1915
* ''
Depressaria fusconigerella''
Hanneman, 1990
* ''
Depressaria fuscovirgatella''
Hannemann, 1967
* ''
Depressaria gallicella''
Chrétien, 1908
* ''
Depressaria genistella''
Walsingham, 1903
* ''
Depressaria halophilella''
Chrétien, 1908
* ''
Depressaria hannemanniana''
Lvovsky, 1990
* ''
Depressaria heydenii''
Zeller, 1854
* ''
Depressaria hofmanni''
Stainton, 1861
* ''
Depressaria hirtipalpis''
Zeller, 1854
* ''
Depressaria illepida''
Hannemann, 1958
* ''
Depressaria incognitella''
Hannemann, 1990
* ''
Depressaria indecorella''
Rebel, 1917
* ''
Depressaria indelibatella''
Hannemann, 1971
* ''
Depressaria irregularis''
Matsumura, 1931
* ''
Depressaria ivinskisi''
Lvovsky, 1990
* ''
Depressaria jugurthella''
(Lucas, 1849)
* ''
Depressaria juliella''
Busck, 1908
* ''
Depressaria kailai''
Lvovsky, 2009
* ''
Depressaria karmeliella''
Amsel, 1935
* ''
Depressaria kasyi''
Hannemann, 1976
* ''
Depressaria krasnowodskella''
Hannemann, 1953
* ''
Depressaria kondarella''
Lvovsky, 1981
* ''
Depressaria lacticapitella''
Klimesch, 1942
* ''
Depressaria latisquamella''
Chrétien, 1922
* ''
Depressaria leptotaeniae''
Clarke, 1933
* ''
Depressaria leucocephala''
Snellen, 1884
* ''
Depressaria libanotidella''
Schläger, 1849
* ''
Depressaria longipennella''
Lvovsky, 1981
* ''
Depressaria macrotrichella''
Rebel, 1917
* ''
Depressaria manglisiella''
Lvovsky, 1981
* ''
Depressaria marcella''
Rebel, 1901
* ''
Depressaria millefoliella''
Chrétien, 1908
* ''
Depressaria moranella''
Chrétien, 1907
* ''
Depressaria moya''
Clarke, 1947
* ''
Depressaria multifidae''
Clarke, 1933
* ''
Depressaria nemolella''
Svensson, 1982
* ''
Depressaria niphosyrphas
''Depressaria niphosyrphas'' is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in south-eastern Siberia
Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an ext ...
''
Meyrick, 1931
* ''
Depressaria nomia''
Butler, 1879
* ''
Depressaria olerella
''Depressaria olerella'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, the Netherlands, the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 20–23 mm. Adults are on wing from Ma ...
''
Zeller, 1854
* ''
Depressaria orthobathra''
Meyrick, 1918
* ''
Depressaria palousella''
Clarke, 1941
* ''
Depressaria peniculatella''
Turati, 1922
* ''
Depressaria panurga''
Meyrick, 1920
* ''
Depressaria parahofmanni''
Hannemann, 1958
* ''
Depressaria pentheri''
Rebel, 1904
* ''
Depressaria peregrinella''
Hannemann, 1967
* ''
Depressaria petronoma''
Meyrick, 1934
* ''
Depressaria pimpinellae''
Zeller, 1839
* ''
Depressaria platytaeniella''
Hannemann, 1977
* ''
Depressaria prospicua''
Meyrick, 1914
* ''
Depressaria pteryxiphaga''
Clarke, 1952
* ''
Depressaria pulcherrimella''
Stainton, 1849
* ''
Depressaria pyrenaella''
Sumpich, 2013
* ''
Depressaria radiella
The parsnip moth or parsnip webworm (''Depressaria radiella'') is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal and most of the Balkan Peninsula. This species has also been introduced into New Zealand.
The w ...
''
(Goeze, 1783) – parsnip moth (= ''D. heracleana'', ''D. heraclei'', ''D. heracliana''
(''sensu auct. non'' ( Linnaeus, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
): misidentified), ''D. ontariella'', ''D. pastinacella'')
* ''
Depressaria radiosquamella''
Walsingham, 1898
* ''
Depressaria rhodoscelis''
Meyrick, 1920
* ''
Depressaria rjabovi''
Lvovsky, 1990
* ''
Depressaria rubripalpella''
Chrétien, 1922
* ''
Depressaria ruticola''
Christoph, 1873
* ''
Depressaria schaidurovi''
Lvovsky, 1981
* ''
Depressaria schellbachi''
Clarke, 1947
* ''
Depressaria sibirella''
Lvovsky, 1981
* ''
Depressaria silesiaca
''Depressaria silesiaca'' is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland and Italy.
The wingspan is 13–16 mm. Adults have bee ...
''
Heinemann, 1870
* ''
Depressaria sordidatella''
Tengström, 1848 (= ''D. weirella'')
* ''
Depressaria spectrocentra''
Meyrick, 1935
* ''
Depressaria subalbipunctella''
Lvovsky, 1981
* ''
Depressaria subhirtipalpis''
Hannemann, 1958
* ''
Depressaria subnervosa''
Oberthür, 1888
* ''
Depressaria tenebricosa''
Zeller, 1854
* ''
Depressaria togata''
Walsingham, 1889 (= ''D. thustra'')
* ''
Depressaria ultimella''
Stainton, 1849
* ''
Depressaria ululana''
Rössler, 1866
* ''
Depressaria varzobella''
Lvovsky, 1982
* ''
Depressaria velox''
Staudinger, 1859
* ''
Depressaria veneficella''
Zeller, 1847
* ''
Depressaria venustella''
Hannemann, 1990
* ''
Depressaria whitmani''
Clarke, 1941
* ''
Depressaria yakimae''
Clarke, 1941
* ''
Depressaria zelleri''
Staudinger, 1879
Some other
Oecophoridae were formerly included here, among them close relatives of the present genus (e.g. ''
Psorosticha zizyphi
''Psorosticha zizyphi'', the citrus leaf roller, is a moth of the family Depressariidae.
Distribution
It is found in south-east Asia, including Hong Kong, India, Iran, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, New Guinea and Queensland and New South Wale ...
'' and many species of ''
Agonopterix
''Agonopterix'' is a moth genus of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It is placed in the family Depressariidae, which was often – particularly in older treatments – considered a subfamily of the Oecophoridae or included in the Elachisti ...
''), as well as more distantly related
taxa (e.g. ''
Ironopolia sobriella''). ''
Horridopalpus'' is sometimes still included in ''Depressaria'' as a
subgenus
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
(namely by sources that uprank Depressariinae to full family status), but may be a far more distant relative. The members of the proposed subgenus ''Hasenfussia'' are tentatively retained here on the other hand, but their relationship to other ''Depressaria'' requires further study.
Unknown and undescribed species
* ''Depressaria albiocellata''
Staudinger, 1871, described from Greece
* ''Depressaria aurantiella''
Tutt, 1893, described from Great Britain
* ''Depressaria kollari''
Zeller, 1854, described from Australia
* ''Depressaria pavoniella''
(Amary, 1840) (''Oecophora''), described from France
* ''Depressaria reticulatella''
Bruand, 1851, described from France
* ''Depressaria'' sp. A 'Wyoming-California'
* ''Depressaria'' sp. B 'Modoc County, California'
Former species
* ''
Depressaria tabghaella''
Amsel, 1935
Footnotes
References
* (2009)
''Depressaria'' Version 2.1, 2009-DEC-22. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
* (2004)
Butterflies and Moths of the World, Generic Names and their Type-species&ndash
''Depressaria'' Version of 5 November 2004. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
* (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms &ndash
Version of 29 December 2003. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
* , 1904. Tineid moths from British Columbia, with descriptions of new species. ''Proceedings of the United States National Museum''. 27: 745–778.
* , 1983: Neue Synonyme bei den Depressarien (Lep. Oecophoridae). ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 30 (4-5): 373–376. Abstract: .
* , 1990: Neue Depressarien (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae). ''Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 37 (1-3): 137–144. Abstract: .
* , 2009: A new species of the genus ''Depressaria'' Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. ''Zoosystematica Rossica'' 18 (1): 70–72.
* , 2001: A review of Flat Moths of the genus ''Depressaria'' Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae) of the fauna of Russia and neighboring Countries: 1. ''Entomological Review'' 81 (5): 520–541.
* , 2013: ''Depressaria pyrenaella'' sp..n. – a confused species from South-Western Europe (Lepidoptera: Depressariidae). ''The Entomologist's Record and Journel of Variation'' 125 (3): 114–118.
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Depressariinae
Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth