Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Stenoptilia |
Species: | S. pelidnodactyla
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Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla | |
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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), , , , , , , and .[3]
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Categories:
- Stenoptilia
- Moths described in 1837
- Plume moths of Europe
- Pterophoridae stubs