Buckleria parvulus

Buckleria parvulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Buckleria
Species: B. parvulus
Binomial name
Buckleria parvulus
(Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Trichoptilus parvulus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Buckleria parvulus (sundew plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the south-eastern United States, including Florida, North Carolina,[2] Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas.

Its average wingspan is about 12 millimetres (0.47 in).

The larvae feed on Drosera brevifolia, Drosera intermedia and Drosera filiformis. They feed on the glandular trichomes, leaves and flowers of their host plant.[3] They first ingest the sticky fluid at the tips and then clear away a patch of these hairs before feeding on the rest of the leaf. They will also eat dead insects trapped by the leaves. Pupation takes place on the inflorescence stalks or on nearby blades of grass. The pupa is light green at first, changing to yellowish-tan and brown.[4]

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ "Buckleria parvulus". Bug Guide. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ↑ "Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida" (PDF). Plume Moth. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Sundew Plume Moth, Buckleria parvulus (Barnes & Lindsey) (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Plume Moth. Retrieved 23 June 2011.


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