Depressaria marcella

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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
Synonyms
  • Depressaria chneouriella Lucas, 1939
  • Depressaria cuprinella Walsingham, 1907
  • Platyedra cruenta Meyrick, 1920
  • Depressaria marcella marcidella 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.[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]

References

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