Digitivalva occidentella
Digitivalva occidentella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in France, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Romania and on Crete.[1] It has also been recorded from Turkey.
| Digitivalva occidentella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Digitivalva |
| Species: | D. occidentella |
| Binomial name | |
| Digitivalva occidentella (Klimesch, 1956) | |
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The larvae feed on Inula conzyza. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a clear, full depth blotch in the lowest leaves. The frass is dispersed.[2] The larvae are uniformly light green with a pale brown head. They can be found in April.
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
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