Depressaria marcella is a moth of the family Depressariidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece and Turkey and on Sardinia and Sicily.[1] It has also been recorded from Israel,[2] Iran and North Africa.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Depressaria |
| Species: | D. marcella
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| Depressaria marcella Rebel, 1901
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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
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Jonathan's Check-List of Israeli insects[permanent dead link]
- ^ Dritter Nachtrag zur Mikrolepidopterenfauna Zyperns
- ^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (10): 298
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- ^ New and interesting Portuguese Lepidoptera records from 2008 (Insecta: Lepidoptera)
