Depressaria albipunctella is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the Oecophoridae

Oecophoridae

Oecophoridae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this....

 family. It is found in most of Europe

Europe

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

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The wingspan

Wingspan

The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...

 is 19-22 mm. 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

Daucus

Daucus is a worldwide genus of herbaceous plants of the family Apiaceae of which the best-known species is the cultivated carrot. Daucus genus of Umbelliferae Apiaceae, has about 25 species.- Features :...

, Conium

Conium

Conium is a genus of two species of highly poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Apiaceae, native to Europe and the Mediterranean region as Conium maculatum, and to southern Africa as Conium chaerophylloides....

, Torilis

Torilis

Torilis is a genus of plants closely related to parsley which are known generally as the hedge parsleys. They are native to Eurasia and North Africa but have been introduced to other continents. T...

, Anthriscus

Anthriscus

Anthriscus or Chervil is a common plant genus of the family Apiaceae, growing in Europe and temperate parts of Asia. It comprises 12 species, some of which are considered as noxious weeds...

, Chaerophyllum

Chaerophyllum

Chaerophyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, with 35 species. It is native to Europe, Asia, North America, and northern Africa.Also is called Queen Anne's laces and cow parsley....

, Pimpinella

Pimpinella

Pimpinella is a plant genus in the family Apiaceae; it includes the aromatic herb Anise.-Species:*Pimpinella acuminata*Pimpinella affinis*Pimpinella anisetum*Pimpinella anthriscoides*Pimpinella aromatica*Pimpinella aurea...

and Seseli

Seseli

Seseli is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants. They are sometimes woody at base with a conic taproot. Leaf blades are 1–3-pinnate or pinnately decompound. Umbels are compound, with bracts few or absent...

species. They live in a loose upper-surface silk spinning of a leaf of their host plant.

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