Depressaria discipunctella

Depressaria discipunctella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece. Outside Europe it has been recorded from Lebanon, Syria and Iran.[2]

Depressaria discipunctella
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D. discipunctella
Binomial name
Depressaria discipunctella
Synonyms
  • Depressaria discipunctella var. helladicella Rebel, 1906

The wingspan is 21–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.[3]

The larvae feed on Heracleum sphondylium, Pastinaca sativa, Angelica sylvestris and Ferula species. They feed from within spun-together flowers and seedsheads of their host plant.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-06.


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