Depressaria pimpinellae
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Depressaria pimpinellae

32.037 BF673

Zeller, 1839

Wingspan c. 18mm.

Distributed in southern England and parts of the Midlands north to Lancashire and Yorkshire, this is a rather local species.

The larvae feed on burnet-saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga) and greater burnet-saxifrage (P. major) in a silken spinning.

Adult moths generally emerge in September and overwinter, appearing again in the following spring.

Flight period

More images

  • Adult • Plymouth, Devon. Reared from larva on Pimpinella major • © Bob Heckford
  • Adult, reared from larva • Burbage, Leicestershire • © Graham Calow
  • Larva, on Burnet Saxifrage • Burbage, Leicestershire • © Graham Calow
  • Pupal case, on Burnet Saxifrage • Burbage, Leicestershire • © Graham Calow
  • Larva on Pimpinella major • South Devon • © Phil Barden
  • Shoot of Pimpinella major showing larval signs • South Devon • © Phil Barden
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