Digitivalva pappella

Digitivalva pappella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in Spain and on the Canary Islands.[1]

Digitivalva pappella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Digitivalva
Species:
D. pappella
Binomial name
Digitivalva pappella
(Walsingham, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Acrolepia pappella Walsingham, 1908
  • Buculatrix pappella

The larvae feed on Allagopappus dichotomus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a full depth blotch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a reticulate cocoon.[2]

References

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-06.


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