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Stenoptilia islandicus

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Stenoptilia islandicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. islandicus
Binomial name
Stenoptilia islandicus
(Staudinger, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus islandicus Staudinger, 1857
  • Pterophorus pelidnodactylus var. borealis Wocke, 1864

Stenoptilia islandicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Iceland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and northern Russia.

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of Saxifraga species, including Saxifraga oppositifolia and Saxifraga aizoides.