32.037 BF673  –  Depressariidae –  Depressarinae – Depressaria pimpinellae – Pimpinel Flat-body – (Zeller, 1839) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 – Confusion Species –       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant    
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Depressariidae  >> Depressarinae
Other Name/s: Pimpinel Brown
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
ID pointers: Forewings are a reddish brown along most of the length of the costa. A dark purplish, blackish-brown central area to the forewing. Shoulders and basal wing area a creamy reddish brown. Blackish streaks especially along the wing veins.
Distribution:  (First record: 2 September 2018 at Kings Newton )  –  (Last record: 7 August 2020 at Kings Newton )  –  Unknown – Can only find two records from Kings Newton – 1 on 2/8/2018 & 1 on 7/8/2020. Suggest this is a rare moth in Derbyshire and these are the first VC57 records.
Flight Period: January /  February /  March /  April /  September /  October /  November /  December /  –  Overwinters appearing in the following spring Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Will Soar  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 18mm
Food Plant: Burnet Saxifrage and Greater Burnet Saxifrage
Last Recorded Year: 2020
First Recorded Year: 2018
Last Recorded By – Will Soar
Last Recorded General Area – Kings Newton

IMAGES BELOW:  Kings Newton – Will Soar ©

 
 

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Distribution Map for Depressaria pimpinellae

Found 2 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 1 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 1 from Before 2020

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Bedrock Geology ** indirectly affects moth distribution by influencing the type of habitat and food plants available in an area. In turn, this may affect the types of moths that can thrive, or where they can most likely be found.

Land-cover * shows the variety of land-cover within the VC57 area, based on the CORINE (Coordination of Information on the Environment) forty-four thematic classes of land-cover. This will show, to a greater or lesser degree, the number and variety of moths found in different land-cover types. The UK continues to operate within the Copernicus programme, with the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) providing Corine Land Cover (CLC) datasets for the UK and its territories.


NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Depressaria pimpinellae

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Depressaria pimpinellae
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Depressaria pimpinellae
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Depressaria pimpinellae
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Depressaria pimpinellae
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Depressaria pimpinellae
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%


CUSUM Analysis: Depressaria pimpinellae
About this chart: CUSUM (Cumulative Sum) charts track long-term trends in moth populations [ filtered by 'Adult' and 'Mine' life stages ] by showing whether each year’s counts are above or below the historical average. Even small shifts build up over time, making trends of growth, stability, or decline easier to see. CUSUM highlights trend-consistency — asking: “Across the years, have moth counts mostly stayed above or below average?”
The data sample has 24 gap year/s here (zero records) between 2000 and 2025. The moth may have been present in those gap years, but no data was available. Too many year-gaps may exaggerate or skew the chart.

Counts for the current year (2025) are pro-rated based on data available up to month 7 (July) to provide a full-year equivalent.

Purple line rises = years better than average; falls = years worse than average.
Peak (best year) Trough (worst year) Growth periods Decline periods
Population peaked around 2018, reaching above average levels. The lowest population point occurred near 2018, showing a significant decline.

What the Y-axis "Cumulative Deviation" means: Cumulative Deviation shows the running total of how each year’s moth population count differs from the long-term average. i

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Depressaria pimpinellae
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Depressaria pimpinellae
( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Depressaria pimpinellae – 2 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStageSource
Depressaria pimpinellaeMain Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y202007/08/20201Adultvc57_irecords_extract
Depressaria pimpinellaeMain Street, Kings NewtonSK32Y201802/09/20181Adultvc57_irecords_extract

 
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