Biology:Digitivalva pulicariae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Digitivalva |
| Species: | D. pulicariae
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| Digitivalva pulicariae (Klimesch, 1956)
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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]
The wingspan is about 13 mm.[2] Forewings more elongate, grey or fuscous, becoming ochreous-brown towards dorsum, more or less strigulated with blackish; several darker spots on costa posteriorly; a dark fuscous dorsal spot at 4, preceded and followed by whitish spots; one or two whitish dorsal dots towards tornus. Hindwings grey. Larva pale yellow-green; dorsal line darker.[3]
Adults are on wing from August to, after overwintering, May of the following year.[4]
The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[5] The larvae are yellowish green with a brown head. They can be found from June to July.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ "microlepidoptera.nl". http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=180660&p=1.
- ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ↑ UKMoths
- ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/digitivalva/pulicariae/pulicariae.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q1054822 entry
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