Procapperia linariae explained

Procapperia linariae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Morocco, Spain, Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.^[1]

Adults are on wing from June to July. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Scutellaria demnatensis.

Notes and References

1. Fazekas . Imre . Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae) . Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae) . Folia comloensis . 2003 . 12 . 5–24 . de .