''Vulcaniella fiordalisa'' is a
moth of the family
Cosmopterigidae. It is found from
Portugal and
Morocco, east to the
Balkan Peninsula
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and
Lebanon.
The
wingspan is 7–9 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on various
Asteraceae species, including ''
Helichrysum serotinum'', ''
Helichrysum angustifolium'', ''
Helichrysum stoechas'' and ''
Phagnalon
''Phagnalon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa
North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly ac ...
'' species. They
mine
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Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
...
the leaves of their host plant.
External links
bladmineerders.nlFauna Europaea
Vulcaniella
Moths of Europe
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1904
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