Digitivalva occidentella

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Digitivalva occidentella
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Digitivalva
Species:
D. occidentella
Binomial name
Digitivalva occidentella
(Klimesch, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Acrolepia occidentella Klimesch, 1956
  • Inuliphila occidentella

Digitivalva occidentella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Romania and on Crete.[1] It has also been recorded from Turkey.

The larvae feed on Inula conzyza. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a clear, full depth blotch in the lowest leaves. The frass is dispersed.[2] The larvae are uniformly light green with a pale brown head. They can be found in April.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-06.

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