Stenoptilia graphodactyla

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Stenoptilia graphodactyla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. graphodactyla
Binomial name
Stenoptilia graphodactyla
(Treitschke, 1833)
Synonyms [1]
  • Alucita graphodactyla Treitschke, 1833

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]

References

  1. "Stenoptilia graphodactyla". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. "Pterophoridae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  4. Stenoptilia at funet