Depressaria heydenii

Depressaria heydenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Depressaria
Species:	D. heydenii
Binomial name
Depressaria heydenii Zeller, 1854[1]

Depressaria heydenii is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Slovakia, Poland and Romania. It is an alpine species.

Larval web in an umbel of Heracleum sphondylium ssp. austriacum

Larva

The larvae have been recorded feeding on , , Heracleum sphondylium, Meum athamanticum and Laserpitium latifolium.^[2] Young larvae are bright green with yellow length lines and a black head. Older larvae are darker green.

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