Depressaria

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Generic features: ​Ocelli present; Antenna 2/3 - 3/4 length of fw, simple; scape with pecten; Labial palps long, recurved, S2 slightly longer than S3; S2 heavily clothed with appressed scales dorsally and forward projected, tufted long scales ventrally, usually with a longitudinal ventral furrow; S3 smooth-scaled; Forewing elongate, termen rounded with apex not defined (squarely truncate in Agonopterix); V2&3 remote (stalked in Agonopterix), V7&8 stalked; Hindwing subtriangular, apex definable, termen and dorsum gently rounded to an expanded anal angle; V3&4 connate or on a short stalk

Depressaria species can be difficult to identify with confidence on external characters - genital dissection is often required.

​Key to species of Depressaria
Forewing with costal 2/5 contrastingly reddish			D.pimpinellae
Forewing with round white dot in disc at 2/3	Head and thorax paler than forewing	Forewing pinkish brown	D.pulcherrimella
		Forewing greyish brown	D.douglasella
	Femora with undersides dark fuscous		D.sordidatella
	Femora with undersides creamy buff	Forewing basal area contrastingly dark	D.albipunctella
		Forewing basal area concolourous	D.olerella
Labial palp S3 blackish with pale tip	Thorax paler than forewing		D.chaerophylli
	Thorax conocolorous with forewing		D.daucella
Labial palp S3 with 1 or 2 dark bands	Forewing with whitish suffusion along costa		D.silesiaca
	Labial palp S3 with 1 dark band		D.sordidatella
	Labial palp S3 with 2 dark bands	Forewing with discrete terminal dots	D.radiella
		Forewing with an indistinct fascia at 3/4 angled at 80-100°	D.badiella
		Fw with an indistinct fascia at 3/4 angled at 40-60°	ws 16-21mm D.ultimella
			ws 22-25mm D.daucella

Depressaria pulcherrimella - white dot in disc; head and thorac paler than forewing; forewing pinkish brown

Depressaria douglasella - as D.pulcherrimella but forewing grey-brown

Labial palp S3 fuscous with pale tip

Depressaria daucella - Thorax concolorous with forewing

Labial palp S3 with two dark bands (see comment)

Depressaria radiella - Forewing with discrete terminal dots

Depressaria badiella - indistinct fascia at 3/4 angled 80-100°

Depressaria ultimella - indisctinct fascia at 3/4 angled 40-60°

Comment: It is not always clear that S3 of the labial palps has two dark bands in D.radiella; the gap between the two bands is often suffused fuscous on the outer aspect so that it appears blackish with a pale tip if only the outer aspect is viewed - the two bands are more apparent when the medial aspect is viewed. On the other hand the medial aspect of the labial palp of D.daucella can show some paleness making it difficult to say that it does not have 2 dark bands.