Digitivalva heringi

Digitivalva heringi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acrolepiidae
Genus: Digitivalva
Species: D. heringi
Binomial name
Digitivalva heringi
(Klimesch, 1956)
Synonyms
  • Acrolepia heringi Klimesch, 1956

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.

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