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Capperia maratonica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pterophoridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Capperia

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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. It has also been recorded from the Palestinian Territories.

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

The larvae feed on Teucrium scordium.

References

Capperia maratonica Wikipedia