Biology:Alucita palodactyla

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Short description: Species of many-plumed moth in genus Alucita

Alucita palodactyla
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. palodactyla
Binomial name
Alucita palodactyla
Zeller, 1847
Synonyms
  • Orneodes parthenodactyla Chretien, 1915
  • Alucita perritodactyla Staudinger, 1859

Alucita palodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Germany , France , Spain , Portugal, Italy, the Republic of Macedonia, Turkey,[1] Hungary and Iran.

Adults are on wing adults in May and from July to September, probably in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Scabiosa rutaefolia. They live within the flowers and on seeds of their host plant.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4737245 entry