Macella
| Macella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Macella |
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Macella is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.
Macella - The word traces its origins back to the Ancient Roman Empire, where moneylenders would set up their stalls in the middle of enclosed courtyards called macella on a long bench called a bancu, from which the words banco and bank are derived. As a moneychanger, the merchant at the bancu did not so much invest money as merely convert the foreign currency into the only legal tender in Rome- that of the Imperial Mint.
Species
Some species of this genus are:[1]
- Macella euritiusalis (Walker, 1859)
- Macella flavithorax Gaede, 1940
- Macella sideris (Holland, 1894)
References
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