Depressaria chaerophylli
Depressaria chaerophylli is a moth of the family Depressariidae. Distribution. This species can be found in most of Europe, the Caucasus, Libya and Palestine. Habitat. These moths mainly inhabit woodland edges, hedgerows and old lanes. Description. "Depressaria chaerophylli" has a wingspan of . The forewings show a reddish brown ground colour, with scattered dark brown dots along the edges. On the thorax there is a large whitish area. This species is rather similar to "Depressaria depressana" and "Depressaria pimpinellae". Biology. Adults are on wing from July to August, and after hibernating, until April in one generation per year. The  larvae are pale yellow, with a pale orange head, with well marked brown lozenges and two brown side lines on the back, They feed on "Chaerophyllum" species (hence the species name), including "Chaerophyllum temulum", "Chaerophyllum bulbosum" and "Chaerophyllum aureum". They live in between the flowers of the host plant, which they spin together with silk, forming a larval web in the inflorescence.