Aspilapteryx spectabilis

Aspilapteryx spectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Aspilapteryx
Species: A. spectabilis
Binomial name
Aspilapteryx spectabilis
Huemer, 1994[1]

Aspilapteryx spectabilis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Tyrol in western Austria, where it can be found at altitudes between 2,200 and 2,500 meters.

The larvae probably feed on Plantago atrata. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

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