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).