Digitivalva solidaginis
| Digitivalva solidaginis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acrolepiidae |
| Genus: | Digitivalva |
| Species: | D. solidaginis |
| Binomial name | |
| Digitivalva solidaginis (Staudinger, 1859) | |
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Digitivalva solidaginis is a moth of the Acrolepiidae family. It is found in France, Spain and Russia.[1]
The larvae feed on Dittrichia viscosa and Solidago virgaurea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a corridor, followed by a large, full depth blotch. In the corridor, the frass is deposited in a central line, while it is scattered in the blotch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine in a reticulate cocoon.[2] The larvae can be found in June.