Depressaria sordidatella
Wingspan 18 to 22 mm. It is relatively plain in appearance and differs from some similar species by the darker thorax and head, concolourous with the forewing.
The species is to be found in open grassland or farmland areas and damp meadows.
Flying in July and August.
The larvae feed on Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) and sometimes other plants such as Hemlock (Conium maculatum), in rolled or spun terminal leaves.
Distributed fairly widely over much of mainland Britain, this species is however fairly local, and scarcer in the western counties, not occurring in Ireland. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as Nationally Scarce B.
It appears to be uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland, where there are few records. L&R Moth Group status = D (rare or rarely recorded).
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Species profile
- Common names
- Chervil Brown, Chervil Flat-body
- Species group:
- insect - moth
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Depressariidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 23/07/2015 (Russell, Adrian)
- Last record:
- 23/07/2015 (Russell, Adrian)
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