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Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla

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Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Alucitidae
Genus:
Pterotopteryx
Species:
P. dodecadactyla
Binomial name
Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla
(Hübner, [1813])
Synonyms
  • Alucita dodecadactyla Hübner, [1813]
  • Orneodes dorcadius M. Hering, 1917

Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla is a moth of the Alucitidae family. It is found in Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Fennoscandia, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.[1] It has also been recorded from Gabon.

The wingspan is 11–14 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from April to August.[3]

The larvae are oligophagous and have been reported feeding on Lonicera caprifolium and Lonicera xylosteum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4] They are reddish yellow, with a black head. Larvae can be found in June. Pupation takes place within a cocoon on the ground.[5]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ lepidoptera.pl
  3. ^ Swedish Moths
  4. ^ bladmineerders.nl
  5. ^ Provisional atlas and checklist of the Alucitidae fauna of Hungary (Lepidoptera)
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