Depressaria pulcherrimella

Depressaria pulcherrimella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. pulcherrimella
Binomial name
Depressaria pulcherrimella
Stainton, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Depressaria semenovi Krulikovsky, 1903

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

The wingspan is 16–19 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from June to September.[3]

The larvae between the spun leaves of Pimpinella saxifraga and Daucus species and spun flowers and seeds of Conopodium species.[4] Other recorded food plants include Cnidium, Bunium and Valeriana species.

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