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Marasmarcha lunaedactyla

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Wikipedia Abstract

Marasmarcha lunaedactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe, except Ireland and most of the Balkan Peninsula. The wingspan is 18–22 mm. Adults have a moon-shaped creamy-white marking at the cleft of their brownish forewing. Adults are on wing from June to August. The larvae feed on the flowers and young shoots of Ononis species, including Ononis repens, Ononis spinosa, Ononis natrix and Ononis rotundifolia and Ononis arvensis. Pupation takes place along a shoot or on a leaf of the food plant.
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Prey / Diet

Ononis natrix (Yellow Restharrow)[1]
Ononis rotundifolia (Round-leaved Restharrow)[1]
Ononis spinosa (spiny restharrow)[1]
Ononis spinosa procurrens (Restharrow)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0