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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Crombrugghia
Species:
C. kollari
Binomial name
Crombrugghia kollari
(Stainton, 1851)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus kollari Stainton, 1851
  • Oxyptilus kollari

It is a little larger than Crombrugghia tristis.[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.

References

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  1. ^ "Crombrugghia kollari". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Tentative Checklist of the Turkish Lepidoptera". Archived from the original on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  3. ^ "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". Biostor.org. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Die Raupe und Puppe von Oxyptilus kollari Stt" (PDF). Landes Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2012.