Stenoptilia coprodactylus

Stenoptilia coprodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Russia.

Stenoptilia coprodactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. coprodactylus
Binomial name
Stenoptilia coprodactylus
(Stainton, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus coprodactylus Stainton, 1851
  • Stenoptilia zalocrossa Meyrick, 1907
  • Stenoptilia pseudocoprodactyla Gibeaux, 1992

The wingspan is 21–24 mm.

The larvae feed on Gentiana verna, Gentiana acaulis and Gentiana lutea.[2]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Stenoptilia at funet


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