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Procapperia maculatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Procapperia
Species:	P. maculatus
Binomial name
Procapperia maculatus (Constant, 1865)
Synonyms
Oxyptilus maculatus Constant, 1865 Procapperia maculata

Procapperia maculatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Asia Minor and the Alps of France and Italy and the Pyrenees. It has also been recorded from Russia and Georgia.

The wingspan is 20–23 mm.

The larvae feed on Scutellaria alpina.

References

1. Fauna Europaea
2. Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.
3. Pterophoridae aus dem Kaukasus-Gebiet
4. lepiforum.de
5. Procapperia at funet

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