Depressaria douglasella

Depressaria douglasella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. douglasella
Binomial name
Depressaria douglasella
Stainton, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Depressaria miserella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Depressaria thoracella Müller-Rutz, 1922

Depressaria douglasella is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in most of Europe.

The wingspan is 17–20 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from July to September in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Daucus, Anthriscus, Seseli, Carum and Pastinaca species. They live between leaves spun together with silk.[4]

References

Wikispecies has information related to: Depressaria douglasella
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Depressaria douglasella.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.