Digitivalva eglanteriella
| Digitivalva eglanteriella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Digitivalva |
| Species: | D. eglanteriella |
| Binomial name | |
| Digitivalva eglanteriella (Mann, 1855) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Digitivalva eglanteriella is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal and on Corsica and Crete.[1]
The larvae feed on Helichrysum italicum. They bore in young shoots of their host plant, from where leaves are mined.[2] The larvae can be found from autumn to April.
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