Pterophorus ischnodactyla
Pterophorus ischnodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from South Africa, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, Mongolia, Libya, Algeria, Ukraine and southern Europe.
| Pterophorus ischnodactyla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Pterophorus |
| Species: | P. ischnodactyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterophorus ischnodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)[1] | |
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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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