Stenoptilia mercantourica Nel & Gibeaux, 1990

on Saxifraga

parasite

Larval biology not described.

host plants

Saxifragaceae, narrowly monophagous

Saxifraga exarata, pedemontana.

distribution within Europe

French Alps.

larva, pupa

See Nel.

synonyms

Gielis and (PESI, 2019) consider this species conspecific with Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla.

references

Bigot, Nel & Picard (2009a), Gielis (1996a), Nel (1996a).