Depressaria sordidatella

Depressaria sordidatella
Depressaria sordidatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. sordidatella
Binomial name
Depressaria sordidatella
Tengstrom, 1848[1]
Synonyms
  • Depressaria gudmanni Rebel, 1927
  • Depressaria larseniana Strand, 1927
  • Depressaria weirella Stainton, 1849

Depressaria sordidatella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 18-22 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Anthriscus, Angelica, Peucedanum, Aegopodium, Pastinaca, Chaerophyllum and Heracleum sphondylium.[3] They live between leaves spun together with silk.

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