Procapperia linariae

Procapperia linariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Procapperia
Species: P. linariae
Binomial name
Procapperia linariae
(Chretien, 1922)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilia linariae Chrétien, 1922
  • Procapperia croatica Adamczewski, 1951

Procapperia linariae is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Morocco, Spain, Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Kazachstan.[2]

Adults are on wing from June to July. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Scutellaria demnatensis.

References

  1. ↑ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
  2. ↑ Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)


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