Stenoptilia lutescens

Stenoptilia lutescens
Stenoptilia lutescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilia
Species: S. lutescens
Binomial name
Stenoptilia lutescens
(Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus lutescens Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Mimaesoptilus arvernicus Peyerimhoff, 1875
  • Stenoptilia grandis Chapman, 1908

Stenoptilia lutescens is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania and the Republic of Macedonia and on Sardinia.

The length of the forewings is 9-11 mm. Adults are on wing in May.[2]

The larvae feed on Gentiana lutea.[3]

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