Emmelina buscki

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Emmelina buscki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Emmelina
Species:
E. buscki
Binomial name
Emmelina buscki
(Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) [1]
Synonyms
  • Adaina busckiBarnes & Lindsey, 1921

Emmelina buscki is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in North America. [2]

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. Adults are tawny or brownish white, the abdomen with a slight brown dorsal stripe and some brown scales on the sides and below. The forewings are whitish tawny with scattered brown scales forming a dot in the cell and a dash before the cleft which projects toward a costal spot beyond the base of the cleft. The fringes are gray brown. The hindwings and fringes are gray brown. [3] Adults are on wing in February, August, September and December. [4]

The larvae feed on Ipomoea indica . [5] They skeletonize the young leaves of their host plant.

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References

  1. ↑ "460151.00 – 6159 – Emmelina buscki – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  5. ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida


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