Species Details

ABH: 32.043

BF: 678

Family: Depressariidae

Subfamily: Depressariinae

Taxon: Depressaria sordidatella

=Depressaria weirella

Authority: Tengström, 1848

Vernacular: Chervil Brown

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in open grassland, damp meadows and field edges throughout much of Britain, but not in south-west England, north-western Scotland or southern Wales Differs from D. douglasella and D. pulcherrimella by the slightly glossy, less heavily marked forewing and the darker head, thorax and tegulae (MBGBI Vol 4 part 1). Larva feeds on Cow Parsley, Rough Chervil, Hemlock and Hogweed, living between leaves spun together with silk.

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: 20 Jul (2004) — 20 Jul (2004)

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

Foodplant: Anthriscus sp., Chaerophyllum sp., Conium sp.

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2004

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