Biology:Capperia fusca

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Capperia fusca
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Capperia
Species:
C. fusca
Binomial name
Capperia fusca
(O. Hofmann, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus leonuri var. fusca Hofmann, 1898
  • Capperia fusca f. marrubii Adamczewski, 1951
  • Capperia marrubii Adamczewski, 1951

Capperia fusca is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain , France , Belgium, Germany , Switzerland , Italy, Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland , Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece and southern Russia .[1] It is also known from Turkey.[2]

It is a montane species.

The larvae feed on Stachys alpina and Stachys cassia.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5036163 entry