Pterophorus albidus
Species of plume moth
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Pterophorus |
| Species: | P. albidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852) | |
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Pterophorus albidus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is distributed in Africa, south and south-east Asia, including New Guinea and Australia, as well as Japan (Kyushu) and the Ryukyu Islands (Tokunoshima, Okinoerabujima, Okinawa).
The length of the forewings is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in). The species is characterized by the faint yellow colour.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Ipomoea nil.
References
- ^ Gielis, C., 2002. On the identity of Alucita endophaea Meyrick, 1930 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109(4):797
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pterophorus albidus.
Wikispecies has information related to Pterophorus albidus.
- Taxonomic and Biological Studies of Pterophoridae of Japan (Lepidoptera)
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Australian Insects
- Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)
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