Blunt’s flat-body or purple carrot-seed moth (''Depressaria depressana'') is a
moth of the family
Depressariidae. It is found in most of Europe. It is also found in the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
,
North Africa, the eastern part of the
Palearctic realm and since 2009 in North America. In the former
USSR, it is distributed in the entire European part except for the
Far North. It is also found in the northern
Caucasus and
Transcaucasia (
Georgia and
Armenia), in
Kazakhstan, Central Asia (
Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan), the south of
Siberia (Tomsk, Novosibirsk regions and Altai Territory), and the
Russian Far East (Primorskii Territory). It is an
introduced species in North America, where it has been reported from
Québec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...
and
Ontario.
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The wingspan is 14–20 mm. Adults are on wing from March to May. There is one generation in the north. There are two generations in the northern Caucasus and up to three generations in the south of Ukraine.
The larvae feed on ''Daucus carota
''Daucus carota'', whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Old Wor ...
'', '' Pimpinella'', ''Pastinaca
''Pastinaca'' (parsnips) is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, comprising 14 species. Economically, the most important member of the genus is ''Pastinaca sativa'', the parsnip.
Etymology
The etymology of the generic name ''Pastin ...
'', ''Seseli
''Seseli'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Apiaceae. They are sometimes woody at base with a conic taproot. Leaf blades are 1–3-pinnate or pinnately decompound. Umbels are compound, with bracts few or absent. Petals are w ...
'' and ''Peucedanum oreoselinum
''Peucedanum'' is a genus of flowering plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae.
Species
It contains the following species:
* '' Peucedanum abbreviatum'' E. Mey.
* '' Peucedanum acaule'' R.H.Shan & M.L.Sheh
* '' Peucedanum achaicum'' Halácsy
* ' ...
''.
Gallery
Image:Britishentomologyvolume6Plate221.jpg, Illustration from John Curtis's ''British Entomology'' Volume 6
Image:Depressaria depressana larva.JPG, Larva
Image:Depressaria depressana a carrot inflorescence inhabited by a larva.JPG, A carrot inflorescence inhabited by a larva
References
External links
Swedish MothsFauna EuropaeaSpecies information
Moths described in 1775
Depressaria
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Moths of Africa
Moths of North America
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
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