Marasmarcha oxydactylus

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Marasmarcha oxydactylus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Marasmarcha
Species:
M. oxydactylus
Binomial name
Marasmarcha oxydactylus
(Staudinger, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus oxydactylusStaudinger, 1859
  • Marasmarcha wullschlegeliMüller-Rutz, 1914

Marasmarcha oxydactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria France and Italy. In Europe, the northern limit of the range are the Austrian Alps. It is also found in North Africa. [2]

The wingspan is 18–23 mm. [3]

The larvae feed on round-leaved restharrow ( Ononis rotundifolia ). [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Marasmarcha oxydactylus (Staudinger, 1859)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Faunistische Daten zur Verbreitung der Pterophoridae auf der Iberischen Halbinsel (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  3. ↑ lepiforum.de
  4. ↑ Marasmarcha at funet


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