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Stenoptilia lutescens is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, and North Macedonia, and on the island of Sardinia.

Stenoptilia lutescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Stenoptilia
Species:	S. lutescens
Binomial name
Stenoptilia lutescens (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
Pterophorus lutescens Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Mimaesoptilus arvernicus Peyerimhoff, 1875 Stenoptilia grandis Chapman, 1908

The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing in May.[2]

The larvae feed on Gentiana lutea.[3]

References

External links

• lepiforum.de

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