Depressaria cinderella

Depressaria cinderella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Depressaria
Species: D. cinderella
Binomial name
Depressaria cinderella
Corley, 2002

Depressaria cinderella is a moth of the Depressariidae family which is endemic to Portugal.[1]

The wingspan is 16.5-19 mm. The forewings are greyish fuscous in dorsal half and in the apical area and blackish fuscous at the base and in costal half, blackish at the base of the dorsum and on the costa to mid-wing. The hindwings are whitish grey, greyish fuscous on the dorsum and towards the apex.[2]

The larvae feed on Conopodium capillifolium.[3]

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