| Pterophorus rhyparias | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Pterophorus |
| Species: | P. rhyparias |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterophorus rhyparias | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pterophorus rhyparias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.
It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe. [2]
The species is characterized by the pale ochreous-white colour with some small black dots along the costa and dorsum of both forewing lobes. The colour of the species ranges from grey-white to pale ochreous-white. The number of dots on the forewing may be reduced.
The silver-ground carpet is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is common throughout the Palearctic region including the Near East and North Africa.
The common pug(Eupithecia vulgata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is a common species across the Palearctic region, the Near East and North Africa. It ranges from the Atlantic coast of Ireland and Portugal across Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia to the Russian Far East (Priamurje) and Korea.
The common Quaker is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Some authors prefer the synonym Orthosia stabilis(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775). It is distributed throughout Europe and is also found in Turkey, Israel, Transcaucasia, Russia and eastern Siberia.
Capsula sparganii, or Webb's wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper in 1790. It is found in Europe, Central Asia, from southern Siberia to Manchuria, Korea, Turkey, Syria and Iran.
Hoplodrina blanda is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.
Heliothis peltigera, the bordered straw, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae.
Mythimna straminea, the southern wainscot, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1825. It is found in the western parts of the Palearctic ecozone, including Morocco, Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Israel and Lebanon.
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 dallastai is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa and Malawi.
Hellinsia elliottii is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Mississippi, New York, Iowa, Quebec, Alberta and Ontario.
Hellinsia sulphureodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America.
Hellinsia grandis, the coyote brush borer plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in North America, Mexico and Guatemala.
Oidaematophorus rileyi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in North America.
Oidaematophorus cretidactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in North America.
Adaina fuscahodias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Mexico (Veracruz), Brazil and Costa Rica.
Adaina costarica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Costa Rica.
Hellinsia stadias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Brazil.
Hellinsia sematias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Sri Lanka and India.
Alucita acalles is a moth in the family Alucitidae. It is found in Costa Rica.
Hellinsia maldonadoica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Ecuador.
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