Digitivalva pappella
Digitivalva pappella is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It is found in Spain and on the Canary Islands.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Digitivalva |
| Species: | D. pappella |
| Binomial name | |
| Digitivalva pappella (Walsingham, 1908) | |
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The larvae feed on Allagopappus dichotomus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a full depth blotch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a reticulate cocoon.[2]
References
- Fauna Europaea
- "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
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