Capperia hellenica | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Capperia |
Species: | C. hellenica
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Binomial name | |
Capperia hellenica Adamczewski, 1951
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Capperia hellenica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Greece.[1] It has also been recorded from Malta and Asia Minor.
The wingspan is 10–14 mm.[2] Adults are on wing from July to September.
The larvae feed on stiff hedgenettle (Stachys recta).[3]