Stenoptilia graphodactyla

Short description: Species of plume moth

Stenoptilia graphodactyla

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Pterophoridae
Genus:  | Stenoptilia
Species:  |

S. graphodactyla

Binomial name
Stenoptilia graphodactyla

(Treitschke, 1833)

Synonyms

* Alucita graphodactyla Treitschke, 1833

Stenoptilia graphodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain , Belgium, Germany , Poland , the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland , Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, North Macedonia and Albania.[1] It is also known from Russia (the West Siberian plain).[2]

The wingspan is 22–27 mm. Adults are on wing in July.

The larvae feed on Gentiana species, including Gentiana lutea, Gentiana verna, Gentiana clusii, Gentiana asclepiadea and Gentiana pneumonanthe.[3]

## References

1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
2. ↑ "Pterophoridae collection of Siberian Zoological Museum". http://szmn.sbras.ru/old/Lepidop/Pteroph.htm.
3. ↑ Stenoptilia at funet

## External links

* Lepiforum e.V.

Wikidata ☰ Q7607767 entry

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