Procapperia kuldschaensis

Procapperia kuldschaensis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ukraine,[1] Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan,[2] China, Mongolia, southern Afghanistan and the Tian Shan area.[3]

Procapperia kuldschaensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Procapperia
Species:
P. kuldschaensis
Binomial name
Procapperia kuldschaensis
(Rebel, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus kuldschaensis Rebel, 1914
  • Procapperia asiatica Zagulajev, 1986

The larvae possibly feed on Dracocephalum nutans.

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 2. Teil (Lepidoptera)
  3. Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)


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