Digitivalva valeriella

Digitivalva valeriella
Wing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Digitivalva
Species: D. valeriella
Binomial name
Digitivalva valeriella
(Snellen, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Acrolepia valeriella Snellen, 1878
  • Acrolepia volgensis Toll, 1958

Digitivalva valeriella is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family. It is found in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, France, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia.[1]

The wingspan is 10–12 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Inula britannica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of one or some rather broad corridors radiating from the leaf base or the midrib. Later, it becomes an elongated blotch. Pupation takes within the leaf, in a separate small blotch without frass.[3] Larvae can be found from October to May and again from July to August.

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