Depressaria badiella

Depressaria badiella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Depressaria
Species:	D. badiella
Binomial name
	Depressaria badiella; (Hubner, 1796)
Synonyms
	Tinea badiella Hubner 1796; Depressaria brunneella Ragonot, 1874; Depressaria frigidella Turati, 1919; Depressaria frustratella Rebel, 1936; Depressaria badiella f. unicolor Tengström, 1869;

Depressaria badiella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, Libya, the Caucasus and Mongolia.^[2]

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October^[3] in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Hypochaeris radicata, Sonchus arvensis and Taraxacum species. They initially feed between spun leaves, but later amongst the roots of their host plant. Larvae can be found from May to July.^[4]

Subspecies

Depressaria badiella badiella
Depressaria badiella frustratella Rebel, 1936 (Sardinia)

References

^ Fauna Europaea
^ "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ microlepidoptera.nl
^ UKMoths

External links

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[2] "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[3] rolepidoptera.nl

[4] UKMoths

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