Stenoptilia graphodactyla

Stenoptilia graphodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species: S. graphodactyla
Binomial name
Stenoptilia graphodactyla
(Treitschke, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Alucita graphodactyla Treitschke, 1833

Stenoptilia graphodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Spain, Belgium, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia and Albania.[1] It is also known from Russia (the West Siberian plain).[2]

The wingspan is 22–27 mm. Adults are on wing in July.[3]

The larvae feed on Gentiana species, including Gentiana lutea, Gentiana verna, Gentiana clusii, Gentiana asclepiadea and Gentiana pneumonanthe.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Pterophoridae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum
  3. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  4. ↑ Stenoptilia at funet


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