Depressaria discipunctella
| Depressaria discipunctella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. discipunctella |
| Binomial name | |
| Depressaria discipunctella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854[1] | |
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Depressaria discipunctella is a moth of the Depressariidae family. 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]
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
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ microlepidoptera.nl
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