Depressaria daucivorella
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| Depressaria daucivorella | |
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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. daucivorella
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| Binomial name | |
| Depressaria daucivorella Ragonot, 1889
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Depressaria daucivorella, the anise moth, is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and on Cyprus.[1] It has also been recorded from Israel,[2] Turkey and Iraq.[3]
The wingspan is about 23 mm.
The larvae feed on Laserpitium species, including Laserpitium siler and Laserpitium halleri,[4] as well as Pimpinella anisum (anise).
References
[edit]- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Jonathan's Check-List of Israeli insects[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Depressaria Haworth, 1811" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Tiergeographisch interessante Funde von Schmetterlingen aus Tirol (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Teil 1
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