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Depressaria marcella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Depressaria
Species:
D. marcella
Binomial name
Depressaria marcella
Rebel, 1901[1]
Synonyms
  • Depressaria chneouriella Lucas, 1939
  • Depressaria cuprinella Walsingham, 1907

Depressaria marcella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Turkey and on Sardinia and Sicily.[2] It has also been recorded from Israel[3], Iran and North Africa.[4]

The larvae feed on the flower buds of Daucus species, including Daucus carota and Daucus muricatus.[5]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Jonathan's Check-List of Israeli insects
  4. ^ Dritter Nachtrag zur Mikrolepidopterenfauna Zyperns
  5. ^ New and interesting Portuguese Lepidoptera records from 2008 (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
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