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Capperia maratonica

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Species of plume moth

Capperia maratonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Capperia
Species: C. maratonica
Binomial name
Capperia maratonica
Adamczewski, 1951

Capperia maratonica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Sardinia, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, North 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

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
  3. Capperia at funet
Taxon identifiers
Capperia maratonica


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