Depressaria albipunctella

Depressaria albipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Depressaria
Species:	D. albipunctella
Binomial name
Depressaria albipunctella (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
Tinea albipunctellaDenis & Schiffermuller, 1775 Agonopterix aegopodiellaHubner, 1825 albipunctaHaworth, 1828

Depressaria albipunctella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. 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". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
4. "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2011-10-05.

External links

• lepiforum.de