Stenoptilia millieridactyla
Stenoptilia millieridactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Charles Théophile Bruand d'Uzelle in 1859. It is found in Great Britain, Ireland, France, the Iberian Peninsula and Italy.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Stenoptilia |
| Species: | S. millieridactyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenoptilia millieridactyla (Bruand, 1859) | |
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The wingspan is 17–20 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July, with a small second generation in late August and early September in some years.
The larvae feed on Saxifraga hypnoides. They mine a number of leaves from the base upwards. The larva hibernates in a hibernaculum in the heart of the plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
References
- Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge; Price, F. N. (1940). "A New Irish Plume-Moth (Lep., Alucit.) With a Note on its Genitalia". The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. 52 (new series) (3): 25 – via Internet Archive.
External links
- Plant Parasites of Europe Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- "45.019 BF1506 Stenoptilia millieridactyla (Bruand, 1861)". UKMoths. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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