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Depressaria cinderella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Depressaria

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

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.

The larvae feed on Conopodium capillifolium.

References

Depressaria cinderella Wikipedia


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