Digitivalva pulicariae is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in most of Europe, except Portugal, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region and Poland.[1]
The wingspan is about 13 mm.[2] Forewings more elongate, grey or fuscous, becoming ochreous-brown towards dorsum, more or less strigulated with blackish; several darker spots on costa posteriorly; a dark fuscous dorsal spot at 4, preceded and followed by whitish spots; one or two whitish dorsal dots towards tornus. Hindwings grey. Larva pale yellow-green; dorsal line darker.[3]
Adults are on wing from August to, after overwintering, May of the following year.[4]
The larvae feed on Pulicaria dysenterica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[5] The larvae are yellowish green with a brown head. They can be found from June to July.
References
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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- ^ UKMoths
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-07-20. Retrieved 2012-04-06.