Digitivalva orientella

Digitivalva orientella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, the Republic of Macedonia, Ukraine and Russia.[1] It has also been recorded from Turkey.

Digitivalva orientella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Digitivalva
Species:
D. orientella
Binomial name
Digitivalva orientella
(Klimesch, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Acrolepia orientella Klimesch, 1956
  • Inuliphila orientella
  • Digitivalva falkneri Amsel, 1974
  • Acrolepia falkneri
  • Digitivalva glaseri Gaedike, 1971
  • Acrolepia glaseri

The larvae feed on Inula species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

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


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