Digitivalva pulicariae

Digitivalva pulicariae is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and Poland.[1]

Digitivalva pulicariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Digitivalva
Species:
D. pulicariae
Binomial name
Digitivalva pulicariae
(Klimesch, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Acrolepia pulicariae Klimesch, 1956
  • Inuliphila pulicariae

The wingspan is about 13 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from August to, after overwintering, May of the following year.[3]

The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine initially has the form of a short corridor that starts at the midrib or the leaf base. It later becomes a whitish or brownish full depth blotch. The frass is deposited in irregularly dispersed grains. A single larva creates several mines. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a reticulate cocoon, under a leaf or among litter.[4] The larvae are yellowish green with a brown head. They can be found from June to July.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  3. UKMoths
  4. "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2012-04-06.


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