Stenoptilia aridus

Stenoptilia aridus
Stenoptilia aridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species: S. aridus
Binomial name
Stenoptilia aridus
(Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Mimaeseoptilus aridus Zeller, 1847
  • Stenoptilia oxyactis Meyrick, 1922
  • Stenoptilia stigmatodactyla var. grisescens Schawerda, 1933
  • Stenoptilia csanadyi Gozmány, 1959
  • Stenoptilia gallobritannidactylus Gibeaux, 1985
  • Stenoptilia picardi Gibeaux, 1986
  • Stenoptilia mariaeluisiae Bigot & Picard, 2001
  • Stenoptilia inopinata Bigot & Picard, 2001
  • Stenoptilia kopetdagi Zagulajev, 2002

Stenoptilia aridus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in the Mediterranean region and northern Africa and is a rare immigrant in more northern parts of Europe, including Belgium and Great Britain. It is also known from Central Asia, Yemen and Iran.[1]

The wingspan is 18-19 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October in France.

The larvae feed on Misopates orontium and Kickxia spuria.

References

  1. ^ Notes on the tribes Platyptiliini and Exelastini from Iran (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

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