Capperia fusca
Capperia fusca is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece and southern Russia.[1] It is also known from Turkey.[2]
| Capperia fusca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Capperia |
| Species: | C. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
| Capperia fusca (O. Hofmann, 1898) | |
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It is a montane species.
The larvae feed on Stachys alpina and Stachys cassia.[3]
References
- "Capperia fusca (O. Hofmann, 1898)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
- "Capperia". www.nic.funet.fi.
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