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Stenoptilia aridus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Mediterranean region and northern Africa and is a rare immigrant in more northern parts of Europe, including Belgium and Great Britain. It is also known from Central Asia, Yemen and Iran.[1]

Stenoptilia aridus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Stenoptilia
Species:	S. aridus
Binomial name
Stenoptilia aridus (Zeller, 1847)
Synonyms
List Mimaeseoptilus aridus Zeller, 1847 Stenoptilia oxyactis Meyrick, 1922 Stenoptilia stigmatodactyla var. grisescens Schawerda, 1933 Stenoptilia csanadyi Gozmány, 1959 Stenoptilia gallobritannidactylus Gibeaux, 1985 Stenoptilia picardi Gibeaux, 1986 Stenoptilia mariaeluisiae Bigot & Picard, 2001 Stenoptilia inopinata Bigot & Picard, 2001 Stenoptilia kopetdagi Zagulajev, 2002

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. Adults are on wing from August to October in France.

The larvae feed on Misopates orontium and Kickxia spuria.

References

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Acta Naturalia Pannonica

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