Wheeleria phlomidis
Appearance
Wheeleria phlomidis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Wheeleria |
Species: | W. phlomidis
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Binomial name | |
Wheeleria phlomidis (Staudinger, 1870)
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Wheeleria phlomidis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in southern and central Russia, Asia Minor, Iran, Syria, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories[1] and Greece.[2]
The larvae feed on Phlomis species (including Phlomis orientalis).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Die Pterophor Arten aus West- und Zentralasiens, 1. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Landes Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Wheeleria phlomidis (Staudinger, 1870)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ Wheeleria at funet