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Eteobalea dohrnii

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Cosmopterigidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eteobalea

Eteobalea dohrnii is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta, Croatia, Greece, Crete and Cyprus. In the east, the range extends to Syria.

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. Adults are on wing from May to early October in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Plantago albicans and probably other Plantago species.

References

Eteobalea dohrnii Wikipedia