Depressaria albipunctella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, as well as in Libya.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. albipunctella
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| Depressaria albipunctella | |
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The wingspan is 19–22 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from early August to late November and after hibernating again from March to May in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Daucus, Conium, Torilis, Anthriscus, Chaerophyllum, Pimpinella and Seseli species. They live in a loose upper-surface silk spinning of a leaf of their host plant.[4]
References
edit- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-01. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ "Lepidoptera of Belgium". Archived from the original on 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
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