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Orophia sordidella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Orophia

Orophia sordidella

Orophia sordidella is a species of univoltine, xerothermic moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Hübner in 1796. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Portugal, the Baltic region, Poland, Ukraine and Bulgaria.

The wingspan is 13–17 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from May to early September.

The larvae feed on Leguminosae species.

References

Orophia sordidella Wikipedia