Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla

Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Greece, Lithuania and Ukraine.

Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. pelidnodactyla
Binomial name
Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla
(Stein, 1837)[1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita pelidnodactyla Stein, 1837
  • Stenoptila pelidnodactyla ab. alpinalis Burmann, 1954
  • Stenoptilia bigoti Gibeaux, 1986
  • Stenoptilia gibeauxi J. Nel, 1989
  • Stenoptilia cerdanica Nel & Gibeaux, 1990
  • Stenoptilia cebennica Nel & Gibeaux, 1990
  • Stenoptilia mercantourica Nel & Gibeaux, 1990
  • Stenoptilia brigantiensis Nel & Gibeaux, 1992
  • Stenoptilia buvati Nel & Gibeaux, 1992

The wingspan is 16–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.[2]

The larvae feed on meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata), mossy saxifrage (Saxifraga bryoides), Saxifraga pedemontana, Saxifraga moschata, Saxifraga nervosa, Saxifraga prostii, Saxifraga exarata, Saxifraga aquatica, Saxifraga geranioides and Plantago sempervirens.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Swedish Moths
  3. Stenoptilia at funet


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