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Depressaria pulcherrimella

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Depressaria pulcherrimella
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D. pulcherrimella
Binomial name
Depressaria pulcherrimella
Synonyms
  • Depressaria semenovi Krulikovsky, 1903

Depressaria pulcherrimella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 16–19 mm.[2] The head and thorax are rosy-grey-whitish. Terminal joint of palpi with two blackish bands. Forewings rather narrow, light reddish - fuscous,sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous; some indistinct dark fuscous dashes ; one more conspicuous in disc before middle, followed by whitish scales ; second discal stigma whitish ; a faint pale angulated fascia at 3/4. Hindwings are fuscous-whitish, more fuscous posteriorly.[3]

Adults are on wing from June to September.[4]

The larvae between the spun leaves of Pimpinella saxifraga and Daucus species and spun flowers and seeds of Conopodium species.[5] Other recorded food plants include Cnidium, Bunium and Valeriana species.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. ^ UKmoths
  5. ^ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2011-10-07.