Depressaria douglasella

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

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

The wingspan is 17–20 mm.[2] The head and thorax are whitish, patagia fuscous. Terminal joint of palpi with two black bands. Forewings are brown, more or less mixed with dark fuscous and whitish, costal edge rosy -tinged ; some inconspicuous darker dashes ; first and second discal stigmata whitish, connected by a dark dash, first preceded by an oblique dark fuscous dash ; an obscure paler angulated fascia about 2/3 Hindwings are whitish-grey, darker posteriorly.The larva is green ; dorsal and subdorsal lines darker ; head yellowish-green.[3]

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

The larvae feed on Daucus, Anthriscus, Seseli, Carum and Pastinaca species. They live between leaves spun together with silk.[5]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
  3. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  4. Lot Moths and Butterflies
  5. Hants Moths


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