Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla, (Scopoli, 1763)

General Information

This is one of several very similar moths which can be difficult to distinguish.

Wingspan: 17-25 mm.
Foodplant(s): Devil's-bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis), Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis), Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria)
Flying: Two overlapping generations, May-October
National status:

Habitat

Grassland and scrub.

Regional Information

There are no records in the system yet in Bulgaria.

Similar Species

Stenoptilia pterodactyla

Stenoptilia annadactyla

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

05397 Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla, (Scopoli, 1763)

BF1508 (ABH45.013)