Depressaria sordidatella

Depressaria sordidatella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula.

Depressaria sordidatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Depressaria
Species:
D. sordidatella
Binomial name
Depressaria sordidatella
Synonyms
  • Depressaria gudmanni Rebel, 1927
  • Depressaria larseniana Strand, 1927
  • Depressaria weirella Stainton, 1849

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Anthriscus, Angelica, Peucedanum, Aegopodium, Pastinaca, Chaerophyllum and Heracleum sphondylium.[3] They live between leaves spun together with silk.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Suffolk moths
  3. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-07.


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