Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pterophoridae Scientific name Pterophorus ischnodactyla | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Pterophorus Rank Species | |
Similar Agdistis, Stenoptilia, Pterophorus, Emmelina monodactyla, Pterophoridae | ||
Pterophorus ischnodactyla is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the South Africa, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Mongolia, Libya, Algeria, Ukraine and southern Europe.
The species is characterized by the pale ochreous-white colour and the small black dots along the costa and dorsum of the forewing.
The larvae feed on Convolvulus cantabrica.
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