Stenodacma wahlbergi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Stenodacma |
| Species: | S. wahlbergi
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| Stenodacma wahlbergi (Zeller, 1851)
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Stenodacma wahlbergi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1851. It is known from Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Tsushima), China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sri Lanka, India, Central, East and South Africa, St. Helena, Mauritius, the Seychelles and Rodrigues. It has recently been recorded from Vietnam.[1] Records for Australia were based on synonymisation with Stenodacma pyrrhodes.
The length of the forewings is 6–7 mm. Adults emerge from April to October in Japan.
The larvae feed on Oxalis species (including Oxalis corniculata), Ipomoea batatas and Vitaceae (Vitis indica). They feed on the leaf and pod of the host plant.
References
[edit]- ^ On the Plume Moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Vietnam Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Taxonomic and Biological Studies of Pterophoridae of Japan (Lepidoptera)
- Japanese Moths
- Taxonomic Studies on the Superfamily Pterophoroidea from North-Western India
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