Tabulaephorus punctinervis

Tabulaephorus punctinervis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Tabulaephorus
Species: T. punctinervis
Binomial name
Tabulaephorus punctinervis
(Constant, 1885)
Synonyms
  • Aciptilia punctinervis Constant, 1885
  • Calyciphora punctinervis
  • Alucita tyrrhenica Amsel, 1954

Tabulaephorus punctinervis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. 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]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ Tentative Checklist of the Turkish Lepidoptera
  3. ↑ Original Description
  4. ↑ Calyciphora at funet


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