Biology:Crombrugghia kollari
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Short description: Species of plume moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Crombrugghia |
| Species: | C. kollari
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| Crombrugghia kollari (Stainton, 1851)[1]
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Crombrugghia kollari is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain , Italy, France , Austria and Switzerland and has also been recorded from southern Russia and Turkey.[2] It is an Alpine species.
It is a little larger than Crombrugghia tristis. It has a very characteristically grey-whitish colour with some specimens being almost white.[3]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Hieracium amplexicaule.[4] Larvae can be found from the beginning of May to the beginning of June.
References
- ↑ "Crombrugghia kollari". Fauna Europaea. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=438127. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ↑ "Tentative Checklist of the Turkish Lepidoptera". http://entlep.tripod.com/Checklist2.htm.
- ↑ "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". Biostor.org. http://biostor.org/reference/1353.text. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ↑ "Die Raupe und Puppe von Oxyptilus kollari Stt.". Landes Museum. http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ZOEV_35_0146-0147.pdf. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
Wikidata ☰ Q5187573 entry
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