Biology:Alucita palodactyla
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Short description: Species of many-plumed moth in genus Alucita
Alucita palodactyla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Alucitidae |
Genus: | Alucita |
Species: | A. palodactyla
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Binomial name | |
Alucita palodactyla Zeller, 1847
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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 Scabiosa rutaefolia. They live within the flowers and on seeds of their host plant.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q4737245 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alucita palodactyla.
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