Stenoptilia graphodactyla | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Stenoptilia |
Species: | S. graphodactyla |
Binomial name | |
Stenoptilia graphodactyla (Treitschke, 1833) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Stenoptilia graphodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, Belgium, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, North Macedonia and Albania. [2] It is also known from Russia (the West Siberian plain). [3]
The wingspan is 22–27 mm. Adults are on wing in July.
The larvae feed on Gentiana species, including Gentiana lutea , Gentiana verna , Gentiana clusii , Gentiana asclepiadea and Gentiana pneumonanthe . [4]