Pterophorus pentadactyla
Pterophorus pentadactyla | |
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Muséum de Toulouse | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Pterophorus |
Species: | P. pentadactyla |
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Pterophorus pentadactyla | |
Synonyms | |
Aciptilia pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Pterophorus pentadactyla (white plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found in Europe.
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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.
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