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Depressaria discipunctella

Synonyms: Depressaria disicipunctella; Depressaria dispunctella; Depressaria pastinacella (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Depressaria discipunctella is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece. Outside Europe it has been recorded from Lebanon, Syria and Iran. The wingspan is 21–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June. The larvae feed on Heracleum sphondylium, Pastinaca sativa, Angelica sylvestris and Ferula species. They feed from within spun-together flowers and seedsheads of their host plant.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Corsydd Môn/ Anglesey Fens 1154 Wales, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Angelica sylvestris bernardiae (woodland angelica)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0