Depressaria pulcherrimella

Depressaria pulcherrimella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.

Depressaria pulcherrimella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Depressariidae
Genus:
Depressaria
Species:
D. pulcherrimella
Binomial name
Depressaria pulcherrimella
Synonyms
  • Depressaria semenovi Krulikovsky, 1903

The wingspan is 16–19 mm.[2] The head and thorax are rosy-grey-whitish. Terminal joint of palpi with two blackish bands. Forewings rather narrow, light reddish - fuscous,sprinkled with whitish and dark fuscous; some indistinct dark fuscous dashes ; one more conspicuous in disc before middle, followed by whitish scales ; second discal stigma whitish ; a faint pale angulated fascia at 3/4. Hindwings are fuscous-whitish, more fuscous posteriorly.[3]

Adults are on wing from June to September.[4]

The larvae between the spun leaves of Pimpinella saxifraga and Daucus species and spun flowers and seeds of Conopodium species.[5] Other recorded food plants include Cnidium, Bunium and Valeriana species.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  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. UKmoths
  5. "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2011-10-07.


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