Calyciphora acarnella

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Calyciphora acarnella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Calyciphora
Species:
C. acarnella
Binomial name
Calyciphora acarnella
(Walsingham, 1898) [1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita acarnellaWalsingham, 1898

Calyciphora acarnella is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on Corsica and Sardinia.

The wingspan is 21–24 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-grey and the hindwings are bronzy-brownish. [2]

The larvae feed on Picnomon acarna and Ptilostemon casabonae . [3] They are pale greenish, covered with long white hairs.

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Original Description PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. Calyciphora at funet