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Calyciphora nephelodactyla

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pterophoridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Calyciphora

Calyciphora nephelodactyla

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Calyciphora nephelodactyla is a plume moth of the Pterophoridae family.

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Distribution

This species can be found in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Russia and Anatolia.

Description

The wingspan is 21–24 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-grey with dark grey markings. The hindwings are whitish. The larvae are pale greenish, covered with long white hairs.

Biology

Adults fly on July and August. Larvae feed on Cirsium eriophorum.

References

Calyciphora nephelodactyla Wikipedia