Procapperia linariae

Procapperia linariae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Morocco, Spain, Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Kazachstan.[2]

Procapperia linariae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Procapperia
Species:
P. linariae
Binomial name
Procapperia linariae
(Chretien, 1922)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilia linariae Chrétien, 1922
  • Procapperia croatica Adamczewski, 1951

Adults are on wing from June to July. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Scutellaria demnatensis.

References
  1. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
  2. Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)


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