Depressaria badiella
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Depressaria badiella is a moth
of the Oecophoridae
family. It is found in most of Europe
.
The wingspan
is 20-25 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Hypochaeris radicata, Sonchus arvensis
and Taraxacum
species. They initially feed between spun leaves, but later amongst the roots of their host plant. Larvae can be found from May to July.
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...
.
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 20-25 mm. Adults are on wing from July to October in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Hypochaeris radicata, Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus arvensis is a medicinal plant. It is an invasive species in the Great Lakes region and was first sited in 1865.-External links:** Photos, Drawings, Text...
and Taraxacum
Taraxacum
Taraxacum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. They are native to Eurasia and North America, and two species, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, are found as weeds worldwide. Both species are edible in their entirety...
species. They initially feed between spun leaves, but later amongst the roots of their host plant. Larvae can be found from May to July.
Subspecies
- Depressaria badiella badiella
- Depressaria badiella frustratella Rebel, 1936