Depressaria albipunctella

Depressaria albipunctella
Depressaria albipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. albipunctella
Binomial name
Depressaria albipunctella
(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea albipunctella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Agonopterix aegopodiella Hubner, 1825

Depressaria albipunctella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe.

A leaf of Anthriscus sylvestris folded by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 19-22 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from early August to late November and after hibernating again from March to May in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Daucus, Conium, Torilis, Anthriscus, Chaerophyllum, Pimpinella and Seseli species. They live in a loose upper-surface silk spinning of a leaf of their host plant.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ microlepidoptera.nl
  3. ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium

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