Calyciphora nephelodactyla is a plume moth of the family Pterophoridae.

Distribution This species can be found in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Greece, Russia and Anatolia.Fauna Europaea

Description The wingspan is 21–24 mm.Eversmann, E. (1844): Fauna lepidopterologica volgo-uralensis exhibens lepidopterorum species quas per viginti quinque annos in provinciis Volgam fluvium inter et montes Uralenses sitis observavit et descripsit. I-XIV, 1-633.O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist

Biology Adults fly on July and August. Larvae feed on Cirsium eriophorum.Calyciphora at funetLepiforum.deMoths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa

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