Stenoptilia plagiodactylus (Stainton, 1851)
on Scabiosa
parasite
Larvae mainly hidden in the heart of the plant, among the young leaves.
host plants
Caprifoliaceae, monophagous
Scabiosa cinerea, columbaria, holosericea, lucida.
larva
See Nel, Schmid.
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), Schmid (2019a).