Depressaria heydenii
| Depressaria heydenii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. heydenii |
| Binomial name | |
| Depressaria heydenii Zeller, 1854[1] | |
Depressaria heydenii is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovakia, Poland and Romania. It is an alpine species.
Larval web in an umbel of Heracleum sphondylium ssp. austriacum
Larva
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Heracleum juranum, Heracleum austriacum, Heracleum sphondylium, Meum athamanticum and Laserpitium latifolium.[2] Young larvae are bright green with yellow length lines and a black head. Older larvae are darker green.
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