The larvae feed on Thapsia garganica. They feed on the unexpanded umbels still enclosed within their sheaths. They devour the flowers and the tender stems. In the latter, they bore holes, causing the stems to become black and die off in some cases. They eat out the inner pith of the stem, into which they bore at intervals. When the blossoms have unfolded, they spin them together and live amongst them. Pupation takes place under decayed remains of plants in a slight cocoon.[3]
depressaria, veneficella, moth, family, depressariidae, found, spain, croatia, greece, romania, turkey, sardinia, sicily, crete, also, been, recorded, from, mongolia, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectao. Depressaria veneficella is a moth of the family Depressariidae It is found in Spain Croatia Greece Romania and Turkey and on Sardinia Sicily and Crete 1 It has also been recorded from Mongolia 2 Depressaria veneficellaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily DepressariidaeGenus DepressariaSpecies D veneficellaBinomial nameDepressaria veneficellaZeller 1847The larvae feed on Thapsia garganica They feed on the unexpanded umbels still enclosed within their sheaths They devour the flowers and the tender stems In the latter they bore holes causing the stems to become black and die off in some cases They eat out the inner pith of the stem into which they bore at intervals When the blossoms have unfolded they spin them together and live amongst them Pupation takes place under decayed remains of plants in a slight cocoon 3 References edit Fauna Europaea dead link Ergebnisse der Zoologischen Forschungen von Dr Z Kaszab in der Mongolei 293 Lepidoptera Oecophoridae Depressariini II The Tineina of southern Europe nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Depressaria veneficella lepiforum de This article on a moth of genus Depressaria is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Depressaria veneficella amp oldid 1189558867, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
