32.043 BF678 - Depressariidae - Depressariinae - Depressaria sordidatella - Chervil Brown

32.043 BF678 – Depressariidae – Depressariinae – Depressaria sordidatella – Chervil Brown – Tengström, 1848

Adult Micro: CAT 4 – Gen. Det. Required –

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Taxonomy: Micro >> . . >> Depressariidae >> Depressariinae

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Other Name/s: Chervil Flat-body

ID Difficulty: amber

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Confusion Species: Depressaria douglasella (Carrot Brown)

Distribution: (Last record: 26 May 1995 at Sawley, Long Eaton ) – Nationally Scarce B – Uncertain/Unknown – a record in 1982; a record on 26/5/1995 Sawley Tip, Long Eaton – no further reports

Flight Period: July / August / – single generation July-August

Moth Activity: Cathemeral – occasionally attracted to light

Photographed: No – Photographed By: Not Recorded

*** Last updated on 6 May 2025 by RP ***

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Wingspan: 18-22mm

Food Plant: Chervil. Cow Parsley, Hog-weed, Hemlock

Last Recorded Year: 1995

Last Recorded By – DaNES

Last Recorded General Area – Sawley, Long Eaton

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Distribution Map for Depressaria sordidatella

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

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Monthly Records By Year: Depressaria sordidatella

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Monthly Counts By Year: Depressaria sordidatella

Recordings By Year: Depressaria sordidatella

Depressaria sordidatella

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Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Depressaria sordidatella

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Depressaria sordidatella

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 sordidatella – 1 records available

Listed by Year - descending

Taxon	Site Name	Tetrad	Year	Date	Count	Stage
Depressaria sordidatella	Sawley Tip, nr Long Eaton	SK43V	1995	26/05/1995	1	Cocoon