Depressaria sordidatella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Depressaria |
Species: | D. sordidatella |
Binomial name | |
Depressaria sordidatella Tengstrom, 1848[1] |
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Depressaria sordidatella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula.
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.