| Crombrugghia kollari | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Crombrugghia |
| Species: | C. kollari |
| Binomial name | |
| Crombrugghia kollari (Stainton, 1851)[1] |
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Crombrugghia kollari is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Spain, Italy, France, Austria and Switzerland and has also been recorded from southern Russia and Turkey.[2] It is an Alpine species.
It is a little larger than Crombrugghia tristis. It is very characteristically grey-whitish coloured, some specimens being almost white.[3]
The larvae feed on the leaves of Hieracium amplexicaule.[4] Larvae can be found from the beginning of May to the beginning of June.