Capperia hellenica

Capperia hellenica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Capperia
Species: C. hellenica
Binomial name
Capperia hellenica
Adamczewski, 1951

Capperia hellenica is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece.[1] It has also been recorded from Malta and Asia Minor.[2]

The wingspan is 10–14 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from July to September.

The larvae feed on Stachys recta.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Capperia hellenica Adamczewski, 1951, new to the Maltese Islands
  3. ↑ On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)
  4. ↑ Capperia at funet


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