Digitivalva eglanteriella

Digitivalva eglanteriella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal and on Corsica and Crete.[1]

Digitivalva eglanteriella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Digitivalva
Species:
D. eglanteriella
Binomial name
Digitivalva eglanteriella
(Mann, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Roeslerstammia eglanteriella Mann, 1855
  • Acrolepia eglanteriella
  • Acrolepia cydoniella Rebel, 1916

The larvae feed on Helichrysum italicum. They bore in young shoots of their host plant, from where leaves are mined.[2] The larvae can be found from autumn to April.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-06.


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