| Depressaria marcella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. marcella |
| Binomial name | |
| Depressaria marcella Rebel, 1901 |
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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.[1] It has also been recorded from Israel[2], Iran and North Africa.[3]
The larvae feed on the flower buds of Daucus species, including Daucus carota and Daucus muricatus.[4]