Stenoptilia islandicus
| Stenoptilia islandicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Stenoptilia |
| Species: | S. islandicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenoptilia islandicus (Staudinger, 1857) | |
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Stenoptilia islandicus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Iceland, Scotland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and northern Russia.
The wingspan is 17–19 mm. Adults are on wing in June and July.
The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of Saxifraga species, including Saxifraga oppositifolia and Saxifraga aizoides.
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