Depressaria erinaceella

Depressaria erinaceella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. erinaceella
Binomial name
Depressaria erinaceella
Staudinger, 1870[1]
Synonyms
  • Hasenfussia erinaceella
  • Depressaria sardoniella Rebel, 1936

Depressaria erinaceella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, the Republic of Macedonia and on Sardinia and Sicily.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. There is one generation per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Cynara cardunculus. They bore the stem of their host plant.[3]

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