Wheeleria parviflorellus
Wheeleria parviflorellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Afghanistan. It was described by Ernst Arenberger in 1981.[1]
| Wheeleria parviflorellus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Wheeleria |
| Species: | W. parviflorellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Wheeleria parviflorellus (Arenberger, 1981) | |
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The wingspan is 16–22 millimetres (0.63–0.87 in). The ground colour is white.[2] Adults are on wing from May to July.
The larvae feed on Stachys parviflora.
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus parviflorellus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- Arenberger, Ernst (1981). "Die Pterophorus-Arten West- und Zentralasiens, 2. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen (in German). 33 (1/2): 17–29.
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