Procapperia maculatus

Procapperia maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Procapperia
Species:	P. maculatus
Binomial name
	Procapperia maculatus; (Constant, 1865)
Synonyms
	Oxyptilus maculatusConstant, 1865; Procapperia maculata;

Last updated August 30, 2025

Procapperia maculatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Asia Minor and the Alps of France and Italy and the Pyrenees.^[2] It has also been recorded from Russia and Georgia.^[3]

The wingspan is 20–23 mm.^[4]

The larvae feed on Scutellaria alpina .^[5]

References

↑ Fauna Europaea
↑ Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.
↑ Pterophoridae aus dem Kaukasus-Gebiet
↑ lepiforum.de
↑ Procapperia at funet

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[1] Fauna Europaea

[Fazekas_2003-2] Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.

[3] Pterophoridae aus dem Kaukasus-Gebiet

[4] rum.de

[5] Procapperia at funet

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