Crombrugghia kollari

Crombrugghia kollari is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, Italy, France, Austria and Switzerland and has also been recorded from southern Russia and Turkey.[2] It is an Alpine species.

Crombrugghia kollari
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Crombrugghia
Species:	C. kollari
Binomial name
Crombrugghia kollari (Stainton, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
Pterophorus kollari Stainton, 1851 Oxyptilus kollari

It is a little larger than Crombrugghia tristis. It has a very characteristically grey-whitish colour with some specimens being almost white.[3]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Hieracium amplexicaule.[4] Larvae can be found from the beginning of May to the beginning of June.

References

1. "Crombrugghia kollari". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
2. "Tentative Checklist of the Turkish Lepidoptera". Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
3. "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". Biostor.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
4. "Die Raupe und Puppe von Oxyptilus kollari Stt" (PDF). Landes Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2012.