Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pterophoridae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species B. capnodactylus | |
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Buszkoiana is a genus of moth in the Pterophoridae family, containing only one species, Buszkoiana capnodactylus, which is known from Hungary, Poland, southern Germany, Denmark, the southern tip of the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Ukraine and southern Russia.
The moth is 18–24 mm for males and 22–27 mm for females. It is one of only few Pterophorinae species which is sexually dimorphic. Males have a dark chocolate brown colour, while females are grey-brown.
The larvae feed on Petasites hybridus. They live inside the stem of their host plant, where pupation also takes place.
Taxonomy
Buszkoiana is the replacement name for Richardia Buszko, 1978
References
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