Stenoptilia islandicus

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Stenoptilia islandicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. islandicus
Binomial name
Stenoptilia islandicus
(Staudinger, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus islandicusStaudinger, 1857
  • Pterophorus pelidnodactylus var. borealisWocke, 1864

Stenoptilia islandicus, also known as the mountain plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Europe. It was first described by Otto Staudinger in 1857.

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Description

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. [1] Adults are on wing in June and July.

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of saxifrages ( Saxifraga species), including purple saxifrage ( Saxifraga oppositifolia ) and yellow saxifrage ( Saxifraga aizoides ).

Distribution

It is known from Finland, Iceland, Norway, Scotland (from one mountain), Sweden and northern Russia. [2] [3]

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<i>Micranthes nivalis</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Stenoptilia zophodactylus</i> Species of plume moth

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<i>Saxifraga cuneifolia</i> Species of flowering plant

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References

  1. "45.018 [B&F: 1508a] Mountain Plume (Stenoptilia islandicus) (Staudinger, 1857)". Hants Moths. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. "Stenoptilia islandicus (Staudinger, 1857)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. Stirling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (2012). Field Guide to the Micro Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gillingham, Dorset: British Wildlife. p. 191. ISBN   978 0 9564902 1 6.