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Pyroderces caesaris

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Pyroderces caesaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Pyroderces
Species:
P. caesaris
Binomial name
Pyroderces caesaris
Gozmany, 1957[1]

Pyroderces caesaris is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine.[2]

The wingspan is 13–15 mm. Adults are on wing from the end of May to the beginning of fall in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Echinops ruthenicus, Centaurea orientalis, Centaurea salonitana and Cirsium sublaniflorum.

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