Stenoptilia lutescens
Species of plume moth
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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 | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Stenoptilia |
| Species: | S. lutescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenoptilia lutescens (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)[1] | |
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The length of the forewings is 9–11 mm. Adults are on wing in May.[2]
The larvae feed on Gentiana lutea.[3]
