Depressaria pimpinellae
| Depressaria pimpinellae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. pimpinellae |
| Binomial name | |
| Depressaria pimpinellae Zeller, 1839[1] | |
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Depressaria pimpinellae is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal and most of the Balkan Peninsula.
A larval web in an inflorescence of Pimpinella saxifraga
Larva
The wingspan is 16–22 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from September and after overwintering, again in the following spring.
The larvae feed on Pimpinella saxifraga and Pimpinella major. They live in a silken spinning.[3]
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