Puerphorus

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Puerphorus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Tribe: Oidaematophorini
Genus: Puerphorus
Arenberger, 1989
Species:
P. olbiadactylus
Binomial name
Puerphorus olbiadactylus
(Millière, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus olbiadactylusMillière, 1859
  • Pselnophorus hemiargusMeyrick, 1908
  • Gypsochares leptodactylaStaudinger, 1920

Puerphorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae containing only one species, Puerphorus olbiadactylus, which is known from Yemen, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, southern Europe and Turkey.

The larvae feed on Phagnalon rupestre , Phagnalon saxatile , Phagnalon sordidum and Phagnalon telonense .

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