Depressaria pimpinellae

Depressaria pimpinellae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Depressaria
Species:	D. pimpinellae
Binomial name
	Depressaria pimpinellae; Zeller, 1839
Synonyms
	List Depressaria reichlini Heinemann, 1870; Depressaria pimpinellae ab. levisticae Krulikowsky, 1908; Depressaria hungarica Szent-Ivány, 1943; Depressaria uhrikmeszarosi Szent-Ivány, 1943; ;

Depressaria pimpinellae is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Portugal and most of the Balkan Peninsula.

The wingspan is 16–22 mm.^[2] Adults are on wing from September and after overwintering, again in the following spring.

The larvae feed on burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga) and greater burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella major). They live in a silken spinning.^[3]

References

^ "Depressaria (Depressaria) pimpinellae Zeller, 1839". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
^ Kimber, Ian. "32.037 BF673 Depressaria pimpinellae Zeller, 1839". UKmoths. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

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