Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla explained

Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Russia, Croatia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania, Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia, Fennoscandia, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.[1] It has also been recorded from Gabon.

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August.[2]

The larvae are oligophagous and have been reported feeding on Lonicera caprifolium and Lonicera xylosteum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3] Larvae can be found in June. Pupation takes place within a cocoon on the ground.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185214/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437906 Fauna Europaea
  2. http://www.lepidoptera.se/species/pterotopteryx_dodecadactyla.aspx Swedish Moths
  3. https://archive.today/20120906072455/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/pterotopteryx/dodecadactyla/dodecadactyla.htm bladmineerders.nl
  4. http://www.smmi.hu/termtud/ns/ns17/257-272fazekas2.pdf Provisional atlas and checklist of the Alucitidae fauna of Hungary (Lepidoptera)