Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Depressariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Depressaria | |
Similar Depressaria artemisiae, Depressaria leucocephala, Gortyna xanthenes, Depressaria albipunctella, Depressaria | ||
Depressaria erinaceella is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, the Republic of Macedonia and on Sardinia and Sicily.
The wingspan is about 25 mm. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Cynara cardunculus. They bore the stem of their host plant.
References
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