Alucita grammodactyla

Alucita grammodactyla
Detail of a "plume" of the wing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species: A. grammodactyla
Binomial name
Alucita grammodactyla
Zeller, 1841

Alucita grammodactyla is a moth of the Alucitidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Slovenia and Greece.[1] It is also present in Turkey. The habitat consists of moist rich fens, eu- and mesotrophic meadows, colline and montane hay meadows, acid grasslands and heaths at altitudes ranging from 90 to 900 meters.

The wingspan 14–17 mm for males and 14–17 mm for females. Adults are on wing from April to September.[2] Adults are on wing from July to early September and again (after hibernation) until early June.

The larvae feed on Scabiosa columbaria and Scabiosa canescens. The ground colour of the larvae is washed yellow with a yellowish brown head.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ .naturspaziergang.de
  3. ↑ Provisional atlas and checklist of the Alucitidae fauna of Hungary (Lepidoptera)
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