Cauchas rufifrontella

Cauchas rufifrontella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Cauchas
Species: C. rufifrontella
Binomial name
Cauchas rufifrontella
(Treitschke, 1833)
Synonyms
  • Adela rufifrontella Treitschke, 1833

Cauchas rufifrontella is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, the Benelux, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland, Fennoscandia, the Baltic region, Bulgaria and Ukraine.[1]

The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Valeriana officinalis.

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