Wheeleria parviflorellus

Wheeleria parviflorellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Afghanistan. It was described by Ernst Arenberger in 1981.[1]

Wheeleria parviflorellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Wheeleria
Species:
W. parviflorellus
Binomial name
Wheeleria parviflorellus
(Arenberger, 1981)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus parviflorellus Arenberger, 1981

The wingspan is 16–22 millimetres (0.63–0.87 in). The ground colour is white.[2] Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Stachys parviflora.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus parviflorellus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  2. Arenberger, Ernst (1981). "Die Pterophorus-Arten West- und Zentralasiens, 2. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen (in German). 33 (1/2): 17–29.


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