Stenoptilia alpinalis Burman, 1954
on Saxifraga
parasite
Biology of the larvae unknown.
host plants
Saxifragaceae, monophagous
Saxifraga bryoides, moschata.
distribution within Europe
larva
Short, spindle-shaped, bright green with broad red doral stripes. Pinacula large, brown, each one with several short, stuff setae. The strikingly small head and the prothoracic shield brown, more darkly mottled.
puparium
synonyms
Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla alpinalis. Gielis and (PESI, 2019) consider this species conspecific with Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla.
references
Bigot, Nel & Picard (2009a), Burmann (1954a), Gielis (1996a).