Pterophorus pentadactyla | |
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Muséum de Toulouse | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Pterophorus |
Species: | P. pentadactyla |
Binomial name | |
Pterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Synonyms | |
Aciptilia pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Aciptilia pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pterophorus pentadactylus (lapsus)
Pterophorus pentadactyla (white plume moth) is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found in Europe.
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. The moths fly from June to August.
The larvae feed on Convolvulus species.