Procapperia maculatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Asia Minor and the Alps of France and Italy and the Pyrenees.[2] It has also been recorded from Russia and Georgia.[3]

Procapperia maculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Procapperia
Species:
P. maculatus
Binomial name
Procapperia maculatus
(Constant, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus maculatus Constant, 1865
  • Procapperia maculata

The wingspan is 20–23 mm.[4]

The larvae feed on Scutellaria alpina.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.
  3. ^ Pterophoridae aus dem Kaukasus-Gebiet
  4. ^ lepiforum.de
  5. ^ Procapperia at funet