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title: "Carrot Seed Moth"
description: "Sitochroa palealis — Insectos y arañas. Sitochroa palealis, commonly known as the carrot seed moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/carrot-seed-moth
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Carrot Seed Moth

> Sitochroa palealis — Insectos y arañas. Sitochroa palealis, commonly known as the carrot seed moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775.

- Scientific name: *Sitochroa palealis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12241
- Wikidata: [Q1350781](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350781)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62424](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62424)

## Names

- en: Carrot Seed Moth
- de: Möhrenzünsler
- fr: Botys verdâtre
- nl: Bruidsmot

## Countries with the most observations

CA (4234), US (4161), FR (203), IT (188), AT (141), DE (108), ES (107), BG (86), UA (63), RU (59), GB (51), DK (49)

## Summary

Sitochroa palealis, commonly known as the carrot seed moth, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in Europe and in 2002 the first specimen was reported in the United States.
The wingspan is 26–34 mm. The moth flies from June to July depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Daucus carota (of which cultivated carrots are a subspecies), Peucedanum oreoselinum, and species from the genera, Heracleum, Foeniculum (which includes cultivated fennel), and Silaum.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitochroa_palealis

## Photo

![Carrot Seed Moth](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/carrot-seed-moth/medium.jpg)

Photo: Conway Hawn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/224511967

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/carrot-seed-moth?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).