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 Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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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