Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla

Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Croatia, Greece, Lithuania and Ukraine.

Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species:
S. pelidnodactyla
Binomial name
Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla
(Stein, 1837)[1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita pelidnodactyla Stein, 1837
  • Stenoptila pelidnodactyla ab. alpinalis Burmann, 1954
  • Stenoptilia bigoti Gibeaux, 1986
  • Stenoptilia gibeauxi J. Nel, 1989
  • Stenoptilia cerdanica Nel & Gibeaux, 1990
  • Stenoptilia cebennica Nel & Gibeaux, 1990
  • Stenoptilia mercantourica Nel & Gibeaux, 1990
  • Stenoptilia brigantiensis Nel & Gibeaux, 1992
  • Stenoptilia buvati Nel & Gibeaux, 1992

The wingspan is 16–25 mm. Adults are on wing from May to September.[2]

The larvae feed on meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata), mossy saxifrage (Saxifraga bryoides), Saxifraga pedemontana, Saxifraga moschata, Saxifraga nervosa, Saxifraga prostii, Saxifraga exarata, Saxifraga aquatica, Saxifraga geranioides and Plantago sempervirens.[3]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Swedish Moths
  3. Stenoptilia at funet


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