Alucita desmodactyla

Alucita desmodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species: A. desmodactyla
Binomial name
Alucita desmodactyla
Zeller, 1847
Synonyms
  • Orneodes flavidactyla Toll, 1936

Alucita desmodactyla is a moth of the Alucitidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, Portugal, Denmark, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and most of the Balkan Peninsula.[1] It has also been recorded from Armenia and Tunisia. The habitat ranges from slope steppes to fresh deciduous woodlands on altitudes between 90 and 600 meters.

Adults are on wing from the end July to early December and (after hibernation) from March to June.

The larvae feed on Stachys recta, the flowers of Stachys alpina and Stachys sylvatica.[2]

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