Procapperia linariae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Morocco, Spain, Asia Minor, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Kazakhstan.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Procapperia |
| Species: | P. linariae
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Adults are on wing from June to July. There are probably two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Scutellaria demnatensis.
References
edit- ^ "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
- ^ 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.
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