Biology:Procapperia maculatus

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Procapperia maculatus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Procapperia
Species:
P. maculatus
Binomial name
Procapperia maculatus
(Constant, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus maculatus Constant, 1865
  • Procapperia maculata

Procapperia maculatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Asia Minor and the Alps of France and Italy and the Pyrenees.[2] It has also been recorded from Russia and Georgia.[3]

The wingspan is 20–23 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Scutellaria alpina.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  3. ↑ Pterophoridae aus dem Kaukasus-Gebiet
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de
  5. ↑ Procapperia at funet

Wikidata ☰ Q7247109 entry




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