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Depressaria albipunctella

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Depressaria albipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Depressaria
Species:
D. albipunctella
Binomial name
Depressaria albipunctella
Synonyms
  • Tinea albipunctella Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775
  • Agonopterix aegopodiella Hubner, 1825
  • albipuncta Haworth, 1828

Depressaria albipunctella is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in most of Europe, as well as in Libya.[2]

A leaf of Anthriscus sylvestris folded by larva
Larva

The wingspan is 19–22 mm.[3] 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.[4]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ microlepidoptera.nl
  4. ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium

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