Digitivalva eglanteriella

Digitivalva eglanteriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Acrolepiidae
Genus:Digitivalva
Species: D. eglanteriella
Binomial name
Digitivalva eglanteriella
(Mann, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Roeslerstammia eglanteriella Mann, 1855
  • Acrolepia eglanteriella
  • Acrolepia cydoniella Rebel, 1916

Digitivalva eglanteriella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal and on Corsica and Crete.[1]

The larvae feed on Helichrysum italicum. They bore in young shoots of their host plant, from where leaves are mined.[2] The larvae can be found from autumn to April.

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ bladmineerders.nl


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