| Emmelina argoteles | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Emmelina |
| Species: | E. argoteles |
| Binomial name | |
| Emmelina argoteles (Meyrick, 1922) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Emmelina argoteles (also known as the reed-bed plume) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in Asia and Europe. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. [1]
The wingspan is about 17 mm. [2]
The larvae feed on hedge bindweed ( Calystegia sepium ), Calystegia sodanella , Japanese bindweed ( Calystegia japonica ), bindweed ( Convolvulus species) and sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas ). [3]
It is found in southern and central Europe, through Russia to India, China, Korea and Japan. It was discovered at Wicken Fen, Great Britain in 2005. [4] [5]
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".
Pterophorus pentadactyla, commonly known as the white plume moth, is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found in the West Palearctic including North Africa and Europe. The wingspan is 26–34 mm (1.0–1.3 in). It is uniformly white, with the hind wing pair divided in three feathery plumes and the front pair in another two. The moths fly from June to August. The larvae feed on bindweed.
Emmelina monodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Europe, Japan, central Asia, North Africa and North America.
Stenodacma pyrrhodes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Australia, India, Japan, South Africa, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand and Korea. The species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.
Nippoptilia cinctipedalis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Australia, Korea, Japan (Kyushu), China, Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and Vietnam.
Tomotilus celebratus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It has been reported from Australia, India, Japan and Indonesia (Java). Until recently the species was known as Tomotilus saitoi, but the earlier name Oxyptilus celebratus has been recognised as an earlier reference to this same species.
Platyptilia farfarellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1867. It is found from central and southern Europe to Asia Minor, Micronesia and Japan. It is also known from Africa, where it has been recorded from Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, São Tomé & Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, the Seychelles and Malawi.
Amblyptilia punctidactyla, also known as the Brindled Plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found across the Palearctic. The species was first described by the English entomologist, Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1811.
Nippoptilia vitis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, that is known from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and Thailand.
Hellinsia ishiyamanus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Japan, Korea and China.
Hellinsia albidactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Japan (Honshu), Korea, China and Russia.
Hellinsia distinctus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found from Europe to India, Korea, Japan, China and Russia. Within Europe, it is found from Germany and the Benelux east to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, from Italy north to Fennoscandia, and in Greece, Estonia, Latvia and northern and central Russia.
Hellinsia kuwayamai is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan, Korea and China.
Hellinsia nigridactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan, Korea, China and Russia.
Oidaematophorus iwatensis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Japan (Honshu), Korea and China.
Oidaematophorus lithodactyla, also known as the dusky plume, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found from Europe to Asia Minor and Japan. It was first described by German lepidopterist, Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1833.
Adaina microdactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813. Also known as the hemp-agrimony plume, it is found in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Emmelina is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae with a nearly cosmopolitan distribution.
Agdistis adactyla is a moth species in the family Pterophoridae, and the type species of genus Agdistis. It is known from most of the Palearctic realm, where it occurs from central and south-western Europe and North Africa to eastern Asia.
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