Digitivalva heringi
| Digitivalva heringi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Digitivalva |
| Species: | D. heringi |
| Binomial name | |
| Digitivalva heringi (Klimesch, 1956) | |
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Digitivalva heringi is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family. It is found in Croatia and the Republic of Macedonia.[1]
The larvae feed on Inula verbascifolia aschersoniana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, full depth, transparent blotch. The frass is deposited in grains in dispersed groups. A single larva makes several mines. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a whitish cocoon which is found at the leaf underside against the base of the midrib.[2] The larvae are uniformly light green with a light brown head. They can be found at the end of May.