Purple carrot-seed moth

Depressaria depressana

Blunt’s flat-body or purple carrot-seed moth is a moth of the Depressariidae family. It is found in most of Europe.
Purple Carrot-seed Moth Caterpillar - Depressaria depressana Greenish brown caterpillar with white dots on its segments. The larvae feed on plants in the parsley family, mainly on the flowers and unripe seeds. Habitat: In a rural garden - I don't know the name of the plant that it was on though. https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69657/purple_carrot-seed_moth_caterpillar_-_depressaria_depressana.html https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69655/purple_carrot-seed_moth_caterpillar_-_depressaria_depressana.html Depressaria depressana,Geotagged,Purple Carrot-seed Moth,Summer,United States,caterpillar,larva

Appearance

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.
Purple Carrot-seed Moth Caterpillar - Depressaria depressana Greenish brown caterpillar with white dots on its segments. The larvae feed on plants in the parsley family, mainly on the flowers and unripe seeds. Habitat: Rural garden https://www.jungledragon.com/image/86048/purple_carrot-seed_moth_caterpillar_-_depressaria_depressana.html Depressaria depressana,Geotagged,Purple carrot-seed moth,Summer,United States,caterpillar

Distribution

It is also found in the Near East, North Africa, the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone 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, in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, in the south of Siberia and the Russian Far East. It is an introduced species in North America, where it has been reported from Québec and Ontario.
Purple Carrot-seed Moth Pupal Exuvia - Depressaria depressana Habitat: Found on Daucus carota. Depressaria depressana,Geotagged,Purple carrot-seed moth,United States,Winter,exuvia,pupa

Food

The larvae feed on "Daucus carota", "Pimpinella", "Pastinaca", "Seseli" and "Peucedanum oreoselinum".

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyDepressariidae
GenusDepressaria
SpeciesD. depressana
Photographed in
United States of America