Digitivalva pulicariae
Digitivalva pulicariae is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and Poland.[1]
| Digitivalva pulicariae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Digitivalva |
| Species: | D. pulicariae |
| Binomial name | |
| Digitivalva pulicariae (Klimesch, 1956) | |
| Synonyms | |
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The wingspan is about 13 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from August to, after overwintering, May of the following year.[3]
The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4] The larvae are yellowish green with a brown head. They can be found from June to July.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
- UKMoths
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
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