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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. chaerophylli |
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| Depressaria chaerophylli | |
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Depressaria chaerophylli is a moth of the family Depressariidae.
This species can be found in most of Europe, the Caucasus, Libya and Palestine. [1] [2]
These moths mainly inhabit woodland edges, hedgerows and old lanes. [3]
Depressaria chaerophylli has a wingspan of 19–22 mm (0.75–0.87 in). [3] [4] The forewings show a reddish brown ground colour, with scattered dark brown dots along the edges. On the thorax there is a large whitish area.
This species is rather similar to Depressaria depressana and Depressaria pimpinellae . [3]
Adults are on wing from July to August, [4] and after hibernating, until April in one generation per year. [4]
The larvae are pale yellow, with a pale orange head, with well marked brown lozenges and two brown side lines on the back,
They feed on Chaerophyllum species (hence the species name), including Chaerophyllum temulum , Chaerophyllum bulbosum and Chaerophyllum aureum . [3]
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