Alucita palodactyla

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Alucita palodactyla
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. palodactyla
Binomial name
Alucita palodactyla
Zeller, 1847
Synonyms
  • Orneodes parthenodactyla Chretien, 1915
  • Alucita perritodactyla Staudinger, 1859

Alucita palodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Republic of Macedonia, Turkey,[1] Hungary and Iran.

Adults are on wing adults in May and from July to September, probably in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on . They live within the flowers and on seeds of their host plant.[2]

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