Depressaria pulcherrimella

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Depressaria pulcherrimella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Depressaria
Species:
D. pulcherrimella
Binomial name
Depressaria pulcherrimella
Stainton, 1849 [1]
Synonyms
  • Depressaria semenoviKrulikovsky, 1903

Depressaria pulcherrimella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 16–19 mm [2] and the head and thorax are rosy-grey-whitish. The terminal joint of palpi with two blackish bands. The forewings of the Depressaria pulcherrimella are rather narrow, and light reddish in color - fuscous, sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous; some indistinct dark fuscous dashes; one more conspicuous in disc before middle, followed by whitish scales; second discal stigma whitish; a faint pale angulated fascia at 3/4. Hindwings are fuscous-whitish, more fuscous posteriorly. [3]

Adults are on wing from June to September. [4]

The larvae between the spun leaves of Pimpinella saxifraga and Daucus species and spun flowers and seeds of Conopodium species. [5] Other recorded food plants include Cnidium , Bunium and Valeriana species.

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References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  4. ↑ UKmoths
  5. ↑ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2011-10-07.


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