Stenoptilia coprodactylus

Stenoptilia coprodactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species: S. coprodactylus
Binomial name
Stenoptilia coprodactylus
(Stainton, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus coprodactylus Stainton, 1851
  • Stenoptilia zalocrossa Meyrick, 1907
  • Stenoptilia pseudocoprodactyla Gibeaux, 1992

Stenoptilia coprodactylus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Russia.

The wingspan is 21–24 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Gentiana verna, Gentiana acaulis and Gentiana lutea.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ lepidoptera.pl
  3. ↑ Stenoptilia at funet


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