Buszkoiana

Buszkoiana is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae, containing only one species, Buszkoiana capnodactylus, which is known from Hungary, Poland, southern Germany, Denmark, the southern tip of the Netherlands,[2] Belgium, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Albania, Ukraine and southern Russia.

Buszkoiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Platyptiliini
Genus: Buszkoiana
Koçak, 1981
Species:
B. capnodactylus
Binomial name
Buszkoiana capnodactylus
(Zeller, 1841)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus capnodactylus Zeller, 1841
  • Richardia capnodactylus
  • Platyptilia diversicilia Filipjev, 1931

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
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-06-20.


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