Procapperia maculatus

Procapperia maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Procapperia
Species: P. maculatus
Binomial name
Procapperia maculatus
(Constant, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus maculatus Constant, 1865
  • Procapperia maculata

Procapperia maculatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Asia Minor and the Alps of France and Italy and the Pyrenees.[2] It has also been recorded from Russia and Georgia.[3]

The wingspan is 20–23 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Scutellaria alpina.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  3. ↑ Pterophoridae aus dem Kaukasus-Gebiet
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de
  5. ↑ Procapperia at funet


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