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Digitivalva valeriella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Acrolepiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Digitivalva

Digitivalva valeriella

Digitivalva valeriella is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family. It is found in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia.

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.

The larvae feed on Inula britannica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of one or some rather broad corridors radiating from the leaf base or the midrib. Later, it becomes an elongated blotch. Pupation takes within the leaf, in a separate small blotch without frass. Larvae can be found from October to May and again from July to August.

References

Digitivalva valeriella Wikipedia