Vulcaniella fiordalisa

Vulcaniella fiordalisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Section: Tineina
Family: Cosmopterigidae
Genus: Vulcaniella
Species: V. fiordalisa
Binomial name
Vulcaniella fiordalisa
(Petry, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Stagmatophora fiordalisa Petry, 1904
  • Stagmatophora gnaphaliella Chrétien, 1922
  • Vulcaniella gnaphaliella

Vulcaniella fiordalisa is a moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found from Portugal and Morocco, east to the Balkan Peninsula and Lebanon.

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.

The larvae feed on various Asteraceae species, including Helichrysum serotinum, Helichrysum angustifolium, Helichrysum stoechas and Phagnalon species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a blotch inside of the mine covered with silk. Pupation takes place within the mine, without a recognisable cocoon.

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