Calyciphora nephelodactyla

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Calyciphora nephelodactyla
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Calyciphora
Species:
C. nephelodactyla
Binomial name
Calyciphora nephelodactyla
(Eversmann, 1844) [1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita nephelodactyla Eversmann, 1844
  • Aciptilia apollina Millière, 1883

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

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