| Depressaria ultimella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. ultimella |
| Binomial name | |
| Depressaria ultimella Stainton, 1849[1] |
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Depressaria ultimella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Spain, Norway, Finland, Lithuania, Switzerland, Italy and most of the Balkan Peninsula.
The wingspan is 17-21 mm. Adults are on wing from August to (after overwintering) the following spring.[2]
The larvae feed on Oenanthe, Sium, Berula and Apium nodiflorum.[3] They initially feed inside the shoot of their host plant. Later, it moves to the main stem. Young larvae are transparent, tinted yellowish with a black head. Older larvae are transparent shiny light brown with an umber coloured head.