Crombrugghia kollari is a moth

Moth

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 of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Spain

Spain

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, Italy

Italy

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, France

France

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, Austria

Austria

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 and Switzerland

Switzerland

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 and has also been recorded from southern Russia

Russia

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 and Turkey

Turkey

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. It is an Alpine species.

It is a little larger than Crombrugghia tristis

Crombrugghia tristis

Crombrugghia tristis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except the Benelux, Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia. It is also known from southern Siberia, Asia Minor and central Asia. The habitat consists of sandy areas overgrown with Hieracium.The wingspan is...

. It is very characteristically grey-whitish coloured, some specimens being almost white.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Hieracium amplexicaule. Larvae can be found from the beginning of May to the beginning of June.