Depressaria sordidatella

Depressaria sordidatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. sordidatella
Binomial name
Depressaria sordidatella
Tengstrom, 1848[1]
Synonyms
  • Depressaria gudmanni Rebel, 1927
  • Depressaria larseniana Strand, 1927
  • Depressaria weirella Stainton, 1849

Depressaria sordidatella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults are on wing from July to August in one generation per year.[2]

The larvae feed on Anthriscus, Angelica, Peucedanum, Aegopodium, Pastinaca, Chaerophyllum and Heracleum sphondylium.[3] They live between leaves spun together with silk.

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