| Stenoptilodes antirrhina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Stenoptilodes |
| Species: | S. antirrhina |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenoptilodes antirrhina (Lange, 1940) |
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The Snapdragon Plume Moth (Stenoptilodes antirrhina) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from California, but also greenhouses in the south-eastern United States that have received cuttings of snapdragon from California.[1]
The wingspan is 15-25 mm.
The larvae feed on Antirrhinum species (including Antirrhinum majus), as well as Pelargonium x hortorum. Young larvae mine the leaves and later burrow into the stem, petioles, flowers or seed pods. The development to a full-grown larva takes 3-5 weeks. The species overwinters as an adult.[2]