Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla

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Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. pelidnodactyla
Binomial name
Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla
(Stein, 1837) [1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita pelidnodactylaStein, 1837
  • Stenoptila pelidnodactyla ab. alpinalisBurmann, 1954
  • Stenoptilia bigotiGibeaux, 1986
  • Stenoptilia gibeauxiJ. Nel, 1989
  • Stenoptilia cerdanicaNel & Gibeaux, 1990
  • Stenoptilia cebennicaNel & Gibeaux, 1990
  • Stenoptilia mercantouricaNel & Gibeaux, 1990
  • Stenoptilia brigantiensisNel & Gibeaux, 1992
  • Stenoptilia buvatiNel & Gibeaux, 1992

Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Greece, Lithuania and Ukraine.

The wingspan is 16–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September. [2]

The larvae feed on meadow saxifrage ( Saxifraga granulata ), mossy saxifrage ( Saxifraga bryoides ), Saxifraga pedemontana , Saxifraga moschata , Saxifraga nervosa , Saxifraga prostii , Saxifraga exarata , Saxifraga aquatica , Saxifraga geranioides and Plantago sempervirens . [3]

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