Depressaria marcella

Depressaria marcella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. 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]

Depressaria marcella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
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

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light brownish, towards the base faintly rosy-tinged and in the disc somewhat mixed with whitish-ochreous. There is an undefined rather dark fuscous suffusion forming a basal patch, as well as a streak along the costa and there are oblique streaks from this to the disc before and beyond the middle indicating the stigmata. There is a rather broad angulated subterminal fascia and a narrow terminal fascia almost confluent with it. The hindwings are light grey.[4]

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

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Jonathan's Check-List of Israeli insects
3. Dritter Nachtrag zur Mikrolepidopterenfauna Zyperns
4. Exotic Microlep. 2 (10): 298
5. New and interesting Portuguese Lepidoptera records from 2008 (Insecta: Lepidoptera)