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Stenoptilia graphodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, Belgium, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, North Macedonia and Albania.[1] It is also known from Russia (the West Siberian plain).[2]

Stenoptilia graphodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Stenoptilia
Species:	S. graphodactyla
Binomial name
Stenoptilia graphodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)
Synonyms
Alucita graphodactyla Treitschke, 1833

The wingspan is 22–27 mm. Adults are on wing in July.

The larvae feed on Gentiana species, including Gentiana lutea, Gentiana verna, Gentiana clusii, Gentiana asclepiadea and Gentiana pneumonanthe.[3]

References

External links

• Lepiforum e.V.

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