Stenoptilia plagiodactylus (Stainton, 1851)
on Scabiosa
parasite
Biology of the larvae not described
host plants
Caprifoliaceae, monophagous
Scabiosa cinerea, columbaria, lucida.
larva
See Nel
synonyms
Stenoptilia plagiodactyla; St. scabiodactyla, scabiodactylus (Gregson, 1871). Gielis and (PESI, 2019) consider this species conspecific with Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla.
references
Bigot, Nel & Picard (2009a), Gielis (1996a), Nel (1996a).