Species Details

ABH: 32.038

BF: 674

Family: Depressariidae

Subfamily: Depressariinae

Taxon: Depressaria badiella

=Depressaria brunneella

Authority: (Hübner, 1796)

Vernacular: Varied Brown

Account: Local in sandhills and quarries throughout the British Isles The almost unicolorous and unmarked forewing with a dark basal lobe helps to distinguish the most common forms of this species from others in the genus. Larva feeds on leaves of Perennial Sow-thistle, Dandelion and Cat's-ear, subsequently feeding in the roots.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 18 — 22 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 16 Aug (2008) — 25 Sep (2002)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Hypochaeris radicata (Cat's-ear), Sonchus arvensis (Perennial Sow-thistle), Taraxacum sp.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/depressaria-badiella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2020

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