Eteobalea dohrnii is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, Malta, Croatia, Greece, Crete and Cyprus.[1] In the east, the range extends to Syria.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Eteobalea |
| Species: | E. dohrnii
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| Eteobalea dohrnii (Zeller, 1847)
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The wingspan is 10–14 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from May to early October in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Plantago albicans and probably other Plantago species.[3]
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ lepiforum.de
- ^ "Eteobalea dohrnii (Zeller, 1847) A new moth for the Maltese Islands (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae)" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2011-08-16.