Procapperia maculatus

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
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

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