Stenoptilodes antirrhina
Stenoptilodes antirrhina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
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]
References
- ↑ EPPO Reporting Service
- ↑ "Stenoptilodes genus at Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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