Biology:Calyciphora nephelodactyla
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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: | Calyciphora |
| Species: | C. nephelodactyla
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| Calyciphora nephelodactyla (Eversmann, 1844) [1]
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Calyciphora nephelodactyla is a plume moth of the family Pterophoridae.
Distribution
This species can be found in Spain , France , Switzerland , Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland , Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, Russia and Anatolia.[2]
Description
The wingspan is 21–24 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-grey with dark grey markings. The hindwings are whitish. The larvae are pale greenish, covered with long white hairs.[3][4][5]
Biology
Adults fly on July and August. Larvae feed on Cirsium eriophorum.[3][6][7]
References
- ↑ Insecta.pro
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Calyciphora at funet
- ↑ Eversmann, E. (1844): Fauna lepidopterologica volgo-uralensis exhibens lepidopterorum species quas per viginti quinque annos in provinciis Volgam fluvium inter et montes Uralenses sitis observavit et descripsit. I-XIV, 1-633.
- ↑ O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- ↑ Lepiforum.de
- ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
Wikidata ☰ Q5024614 entry
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