Nettle-tap

Anthophila fabriciana

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae

Anthophila fabriciana, also known as the common nettle-tap, is a moth of the family Choreutidae first described in 1767 by Carl Linnaeus. The moth can be found flying around stinging nettles during the day. Distribution This species can be found in most of Europe and it occurs throughout Britain.

Distribution

Nettle-tap — (c) Emanuele Santarelli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Emanuele Santarelli · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 8,813Germany · 2,739United Kingdom · 2,473France · 256Belgium · 92Italy · 55Luxembourg · 34Spain · 23Switzerland · 14

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Emanuele Santarelli, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Emanuele Santarelli · CC-BY-SA DescriptionAnthophila fabriciana, Wikipedia contributors

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