| Stenoptilia pterodactyla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Stenoptilia |
| Species: | S. pterodactyla |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenoptilia pterodactyla (Linnaeus, 1761) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stenoptilia pterodactyla, the brown plume is a moth of the family Pterophoroidea. It is found in Europe, North America, Anatolia, Iran [1] and China. [2] It was first described by the Swedish taxonomist, Carl Linnaeus in 1761. [3]
The moths have a wingspan is 20–26 mm, are single brooded, flying from late May to early August. They are easly disturbed during the day and will come to light at dusk. Care needs to be take when identifying the moths, as worn specimens look similar to the worn specimens of Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla . Fresh species of S. pterodactyla can be distinguished by the fine white hairs along the costa (i.e. the leading edge of the wing) and the wings orchreous colour; cf. the grey-brown wings of S. bipunctidactyla and the dark costal cilia. These differences may be less clear in worn specimens. [4]
Larvae mine the stems and shoots of germander speedwell ( Veronica chamaedrys ) from August to March and feed on the flowers in April and May. [5]
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Pterophorus pentadactyla, commonly known as the white plume moth, is a moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Africa, Asia 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 Convolvulus species.
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Epicallia villica, the cream-spot tiger, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It is distributed from the Iberian Peninsula across western and southern Europe, Anatolia, western and northern Iran, western Siberia, southwestern Asia and North Africa.
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Stenoptilia mannii is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
Stenoptilia stigmatodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in western, central and Mediterranean Europe, extending into Asia Minor and North Africa. It is also known from Iran, Russia and Armenia.
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