Crombrugghia kollari is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, Italy, France, Austria and Switzerland and has also been recorded from southern Russia and Turkey.[2] It is an Alpine species.
Crombrugghia kollari | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Crombrugghia |
Species: | C. kollari |
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Crombrugghia kollari (Stainton, 1851)[1] | |
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It is a little larger than Crombrugghia tristis. It has a very characteristically grey-whitish colour with some specimens being almost white.[3]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Hieracium amplexicaule.[4] Larvae can be found from the beginning of May to the beginning of June.
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