Depressaria badiella

Depressaria badiella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, Libya, the Caucasus and Mongolia.[2]

Depressaria badiella
Depressaria badiella Moscow oblast
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Depressaria
Species:	D. badiella
Binomial name
Depressaria badiella (Hubner, 1796)[1]
Synonyms
Tinea badiella Hubner 1796 Depressaria brunneella Ragonot, 1874 Depressaria frigidella Turati, 1919 Depressaria frustratella Rebel, 1936 Depressaria badiella f. unicolor Tengström, 1869

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. The terminal joint of palpi with two black bands. Forewings are rather dark fuscous, somewhat whitish-sprinkled ; a dark suffusion above dorsal dash ; first discal stigma sometimes represented by an obscure dark fuscous dash, second cloudy,dark fuscous. Hindwings whitish-fuscous, becoming fuscous terminally.The larva is dull olive-green, often suffused with dark red ; head dark red-brown ; plate of 2 black, bisected, edged with pale yellowish anteriorly [3]

Adults are on wing from July to October[4] in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Hypochaeris radicata, Sonchus arvensis and Taraxacum species. They initially feed between spun leaves, but later amongst the roots of their host plant. Larvae can be found from May to July.[5]