Depressaria discipunctella

Depressaria discipunctella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece. Outside Europe it has been recorded from Lebanon, Syria and Iran. Formally found in Great Britain (last record in 1924 in Oxfordshire [2]), where it was previously widespread. [3]

Depressaria discipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Depressaria
Species:
D. discipunctella
Binomial name
Depressaria discipunctella
Synonyms
  • Depressaria discipunctella var. helladicella Rebel, 1906

The wingspan is 21–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.[4]

The larvae feed on Heracleum sphondylium, Pastinaca sativa, Angelica sylvestris and Ferula species. They feed from within spun-together flowers and seedsheads of their host plant.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "The Moths of Hampshire and Isle of Wight". Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  4. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-06.


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