Stenoptilia lutescens

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Stenoptilia lutescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. lutescens
Binomial name
Stenoptilia lutescens
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus lutescensHerrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Mimaesoptilus arvernicus Peyerimhoff, 1875
  • Stenoptilia grandisChapman, 1908

Stenoptilia lutescens is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, and North Macedonia, and on the island of Sardinia.

The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing in May. [2]

The larvae feed on Gentiana lutea . [3]

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