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Puerphorus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pterophoridae

Scientific name
  
Puerphorus olbiadactylus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Species
  
P. olbiadactylus

Rank
  
Genus

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Puerphorus is a genus of moth in the Pterophoridae family containing only one species, Puerphorus olbiadactylus, which is known from Yemen, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, southern Europe and Turkey.

The larvae feed on Phagnalon rupestre, Phagnalon saxatile, Phagnalon sordidum and Phagnalon telonense.

References

Puerphorus Wikipedia