Calyciphora acarnella

{{Short description|Species of plume moth}}

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| taxon = Calyciphora acarnella

| authority = (Walsingham, 1898)[https://web.archive.org/web/20121014124819/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=438046 Fauna Europaea]

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  • Alucita acarnella Walsingham, 1898

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Calyciphora acarnella is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on Corsica and Sardinia.

The wingspan is 21–24 mm. The forewings are pale brownish-grey and the hindwings are bronzy-brownish.[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepidopterenforum/lepiwiki/pics/erstb_5/05497_Calyciphora_acarnella_131.gif Original Description] {{PD-notice}}

The larvae feed on Picnomon acarna and Ptilostemon casabonae.[http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pterophoroidea/pterophoridae/pterophorinae/calyciphora/index.html Calyciphora at funet] They are pale greenish, covered with long white hairs.

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Category:Pterophorini

Category:Moths described in 1898

Category:Plume moths of Europe

Category:Fauna of Corsica

Category:Fauna of Sardinia

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