Tabulaephorus punctinervis explained

Tabulaephorus punctinervis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in France, Italy, as well as on Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Cyprus and the Canary Islands.^[1] It is also known from Turkey.^[2]

The wingspan is 16–19 mm.^[3]

The larvae feed on Carlina corymbosa.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014161853/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=438051 Fauna Europaea
2. http://entlep.tripod.com/Checklist2.htm Tentative Checklist of the Turkish Lepidoptera
3. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Tabulaephorus_Punctinervis Original Description
4. http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pterophoroidea/pterophoridae/pterophorinae/calyciphora/index.html Calyciphora at funet