Pterophorus ischnodactyla

Pterophorus ischnodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species: P. ischnodactyla
Binomial name
Pterophorus ischnodactyla
(Treitschke, 1833)[1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita ischnodactyla Treitschke, 1833
  • Aciptilia actinodactyla Chrétien, 1891
  • Aciptilia eburnella Amsel, 1968

Pterophorus ischnodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the South Africa, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Mongolia, Libya, Algeria, Ukraine and southern Europe.

The species is characterized by the pale ochreous-white colour and the small black dots along the costa and dorsum of the forewing.

The larvae feed on Convolvulus cantabrica.

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