Calyciphora acarnella
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Calyciphora acarnella is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found on Corsica
and Sardinia
.
The wingspan
is 21-24 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-grey and the hindwings are bronzy-brownish.
The larvae feed on Picnomon acarna and Ptilostemon casabonae. They are pale greenish, covered with long white hairs.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Pterophoridae family. It is found on Corsica
Corsica
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
and Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 21-24 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-grey and the hindwings are bronzy-brownish.
The larvae feed on Picnomon acarna and Ptilostemon casabonae. They are pale greenish, covered with long white hairs.