Pterophorus pentadactyla

Pterophorus pentadactyla
Muséum de Toulouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species: P. pentadactyla
Binomial name
Pterophorus pentadactyla
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Aciptilia pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pterophorus pentadactylus (lapsus)

Pterophorus pentadactyla (white plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found in Europe.

The wingspan is 24–35 mm. It is uniformly white, with the hind wing pair divided in three feathery plumes and the front pair in another two.[1] The moths fly from June to August.

The larvae feed on Convolvulus species.

References

  1. Balmer, E (2009). Mariposas y Polillas (in spanish). Great Britain: Parrangon Books Ltd. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-4075-6768-6.


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