Eilema depressa (Esper, 1787)
(Buff Footman)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEilema depressa (Buff Footman)
GenusEilema (footman moths)
TribeLithosiini (footmen)
SubfamilyARCTIINAE (ermines, tigers and footmen)
FamilyEREBIDAE (a family of moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Eilema depressa (Buff Footman) :
1: Eilema depressa (Buff Footman)
28 Jun 2018 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, at MV light
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - enlarged - natural background
2: Eilema depressa (Buff Footman)
7 Aug 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in MV trap 6/7 Aug 05
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Male - latero-dorsal view - enlarged
3: Eilema depressa (Buff Footman)
7 Aug 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in MV trap 6/7 Aug 05
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Male - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 3: Male - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 4: Male - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (3)Image 5: Male - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 6: Male - latero-ventral view - enlargedImage 7: Male - latero-ventral view - enlarged (2)

Eilema depressa (Buff Footman) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eilema depressa (Buff Footman)
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