Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla
| Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Anstenoptilia |
| Species: | A. marmorodactyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla (Dyar, 1902) | |
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Anstenoptilia marmorodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is native to California and Arizona, south through Mexico to Costa Rica. It is an introduced species in Hawaii.
The wingspan is 16-18 mm. Adults are on wing in May and September in Central America and from July to November in the Nearctic area.
The larvae feed on Ageratum, Salvia, Agastache, Mentha, Pycnanthemum, Monardella, Scrophularia and Lantana species.
External links
- Insects of Hawaii. Volume 8, Pyraloidea
- Bug Guide
- Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)
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