Calyciphora nephelodactyla
| Calyciphora nephelodactyla | |
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| Calyciphora nephelodactyla | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Calyciphora |
| Species: | C. nephelodactyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Calyciphora nephelodactyla (Eversmann, 1844) [1] | |
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Calyciphora nephelodactyla is a plume moth of the Pterophoridae family.
Distribution
This species can be found in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Russia and Anatolia. [2]
Description
The wingspan is 21–24 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-grey with dark grey markings. The hindwings are whitish. The larvae are pale greenish, covered with long white hairs. [3][4][5]
Biology
Adults fly on July and August. [6] Larvae feed on Cirsium eriophorum. [3][7][8]
References
- ↑ Insecta.pro
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- 1 2 Calyciphora at funet
- ↑ Eversmann, E. (1844): Fauna lepidopterologica volgo-uralensis exhibens lepidopterorum species quas per viginti quinque annos in provinciis Volgam fluvium inter et montes Uralenses sitis observavit et descripsit. I-XIV, 1-633.
- ↑ O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
- ↑ Lepidoptera.eu
- ↑ Lepiforum.de
- ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
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