Pselnophorus vilis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Pselnophorus |
Species: | P. vilis
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Binomial name | |
Pselnophorus vilis (Butler, 1881)
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Pselnophorus vilis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It known from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Tanega-shima, Yaku-shima), Amur, Korea and China.
The wingspan is 14–17 millimetres (0.55–0.67 in)[1] and the length of the forewings is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in).
The larvae feed on Ligularia fisheri, Ligularia tussilaginea and Petasites japonicus.
References
[edit]- ^ "Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species".
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