Depressaria discipunctella

Depressaria discipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. discipunctella
Binomial name
Depressaria discipunctella
Herrich-Schaffer, 1854[1]
Synonyms
  • Depressaria discipunctella var. helladicella Rebel, 1906

Depressaria discipunctella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece. Outside of the Europe, it has been recorded from Lebanon, Syria and Iran.[2]

The wingspan is 21–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June.[3]

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.

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