Stenoptilia aridus

Stenoptilia aridus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and northern Africa and is a rare immigrant in more northern parts of Europe, including Belgium and Great Britain. It is also known from Central Asia, Yemen and Iran.[1]

Stenoptilia aridus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. aridus
Binomial name
Stenoptilia aridus
(Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
List
    • Mimaeseoptilus aridus Zeller, 1847
    • Stenoptilia oxyactis Meyrick, 1922
    • Stenoptilia stigmatodactyla var. grisescens Schawerda, 1933
    • Stenoptilia csanadyi Gozmány, 1959
    • Stenoptilia gallobritannidactylus Gibeaux, 1985
    • Stenoptilia picardi Gibeaux, 1986
    • Stenoptilia mariaeluisiae Bigot & Picard, 2001
    • Stenoptilia inopinata Bigot & Picard, 2001
    • Stenoptilia kopetdagi Zagulajev, 2002

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October in France.

The larvae feed on Misopates orontium and Kickxia spuria.

References
  1. Notes on the tribes Platyptiliini and Exelastini from Iran (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine



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