Capperia maratonica

Capperia maratonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Capperia
Species: C. maratonica
Binomial name
Capperia maratonica
Adamczewski, 1951

Capperia maratonica is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Sardinia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Cyprus.[1] It has also been recorded from the Palestinian Territories.

The wingspan is about 14 mm.[2] There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Teucrium scordium.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)
  3. ↑ Capperia at funet


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