Capperia fusca explained

Capperia fusca is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece and southern Russia.^[1] It is also known from Turkey.^[2]

It is a montane species.

The larvae feed on Stachys alpina and Stachys cassia.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Capperia fusca (O. Hofmann, 1898) . Fauna Europaea . 4 August 2020.
2. http://www.freeweb.hu/acta/five_new_pterophoridae_sp_palaearctic.pdf Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
3. Web site: Capperia. www.nic.funet.fi.