Species Details

ABH: 32.039

BF: 670

Family: Depressariidae

Subfamily: Depressariinae

Taxon: Depressaria daucella

Authority: ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Vernacular: Water-dropwort Brown

Account: Common in ditches, marshes, river-banks, water meadows and damp moorland throughout much of Britain, more numerous in the west, and apparently absent from northern Scotland, Orkney, and Shetland; also recorded from several Irish sites Resembles D. ultimella, which has a smaller wingspan and disc of the forewing conspicuously cream; in D. daucella the disc is buff and inconspicuous. Like many Depressaria, it overwinters, and is often recorded hibernating in thatch. Larva mines flowering stems of various species of Water-dropwort, subsequently feeding on the flowers and seed heads.

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: 22 — 25 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Carum verticillatum (Whorled Caraway), Oenanthe sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/depressaria-daucella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 20

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2021

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