Capperia fusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Capperia
Species:
C. fusca
Binomial name
Capperia fusca
(O. Hofmann, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus leonuri var. fusca Hofmann, 1898
  • Capperia fusca f. marrubii Adamczewski, 1951
  • Capperia marrubii Adamczewski, 1951

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]

It is a montane species.

The larvae feed on Stachys alpina and Stachys cassia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Capperia fusca (O. Hofmann, 1898)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  3. ↑ "Capperia". www.nic.funet.fi.


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