Depressaria chaerophylli is a moth of the family Depressariidae.
Distribution This species can be found in most of Europe, the Caucasus, Libya and Palestine."Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Habitat These moths mainly inhabit woodland edges, hedgerows and old lanes.
Description
Depressaria chaerophylli has a wingspan of .UKMoths The forewings show a reddish brown ground colour, with scattered dark brown dots along the edges. On the thorax there is a large whitish area.
This species is rather similar to Depressaria depressana and Depressaria pimpinellae.
Biology Adults are on wing from July to August, and after hibernating, until April in one generation per year.
The larvae are pale yellow, with a pale orange head, with well marked brown lozenges and two brown side lines on the back,
They feed on Chaerophyllum species (hence the species name), including Chaerophyllum temulum, Chaerophyllum bulbosum and Chaerophyllum aureum.Hants Moths
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External links
lepiforum.de Naturhistoriska risksmuseet