Alucita palodactyla explained

Alucita palodactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, the Republic of Macedonia, Turkey,[1] Hungary and Iran.

Adults are on wing adults in May and from July to September, probably in two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Scabiosa rutaefolia. They live within the flowers and on seeds of their host plant.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142827/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437889 Fauna Europaea
  2. http://www.smmi.hu/termtud/ns/ns17/257-272fazekas2.pdf Provisional atlas and checklist of the Alucitidae fauna of Hungary (Lepidoptera)