Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla

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Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Pterotopteryx
Species:
P. dodecadactyla
Binomial name
Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla
(Hübner, [1813])
Synonyms
  • Alucita dodecadactylaHübner, [1813]
  • Orneodes dorcadiusM. Hering, 1917

Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Fennoscandia, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. [1] It has also been recorded from Gabon.

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August. [2]

The larvae are oligophagous and have been reported feeding on Lonicera caprifolium and Lonicera xylosteum . They mine the leaves of their host plant. [3] Larvae can be found in June. Pupation takes place within a cocoon on the ground. [4]

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