Procapperia linariae

Procapperia linariae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Procapperia
Species:	P. linariae
Binomial name
Procapperia linariae (Chretien, 1922)[1]
Synonyms
Oxyptilia linariae Chrétien, 1922 Procapperia croatica Adamczewski, 1951

Procapperia linariae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Morocco, Spain, Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.[2]

Adults are on wing from June to July. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Scutellaria demnatensis.

References

1. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
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.