Depressariidae : Depressariinae
Depressaria douglasella
DEPRESSARIA douglasella Stainton, 1849
Depressaria douglasella
DEPRESSARIA douglasella Stainton, 1849
Kind permission - © Tim Norriss
Life Cycle Guide - Adult Only
Description
Vernacular Name: Carrot Flat-body
Wingspan: 17 - 21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Estonia,Finland,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,Portugal,Slovenia and some Mediterranean Islands)
UK Distribution:
UK Conservation Status - Nationally scarce throughout much of England,very scarce in Wales,Northern England and Ireland. Possibly more frequent in coastal habitats
Habitat: Grassland : Chalk Pits : Farmland : Rough disturbed ground
Similar Species -
Overwinters as: Unknown
Observations: The head and thorax on this moth is white,occasionally pale sandy brown, with greyish brown wings, mottled greyish white,brown and black,with an obscure oblique blackish "V" mark a third along wing. There is a obscure greyish white dot at about half way along wing with a faint whitish obtusely angled (square with similar species) cross line behind the spot.
Moth is attracted to light.
Wingspan: 17 - 21mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - less (Estonia,Finland,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Norway,Portugal,Slovenia and some Mediterranean Islands)
UK Distribution:
UK Conservation Status - Nationally scarce throughout much of England,very scarce in Wales,Northern England and Ireland. Possibly more frequent in coastal habitats
- Nationally Scarce B (Nb - BAP : 1997) = 31 - 100 10Km Squares
- Least Concern
- Depressaria douglasella Stainton, 1849
- Phalaena hercliana Linnaeus sensu Haworth, 1811
- S England
Habitat: Grassland : Chalk Pits : Farmland : Rough disturbed ground
Similar Species -
- Depressaria pulcherrimella Stainton, 1849
Overwinters as: Unknown
Observations: The head and thorax on this moth is white,occasionally pale sandy brown, with greyish brown wings, mottled greyish white,brown and black,with an obscure oblique blackish "V" mark a third along wing. There is a obscure greyish white dot at about half way along wing with a faint whitish obtusely angled (square with similar species) cross line behind the spot.
Moth is attracted to light.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Apiaceae - Umbelliferae - Umbellifer Family
- Daucus carota - Wild Carrot (UK)
- Pastinaca sativa - Wild Parsnip
- Torilis japonica - Upright Hedge Parsley, Erect hedgeparsley
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Depressariidae Depressariinae Depressariini DEPRESSARIA Haworth, 1811 Depressaria douglasella Stainton, 1849 - Phalaena hercliana Linnaeus sensu Haworth, 1811 - DEPRESSARIA douglasella Stainton, 1849 - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London by Royal Entomological Society of London 5 : Title Page : p.165- sp.38 - S England |