Wheeleria elbursi

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Wheeleria elbursi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Wheeleria
Species:
W. elbursi
Binomial name
Wheeleria elbursi
(Arenberger, 1981)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus elbursiArenberger, 1981

Wheeleria elbursi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Iran (including the Elburs Mountains) [1] and Tukey. [2]

The wingspan is 19–25 millimetres (0.75–0.98 in). The wings, head, thorax and abdomen are dirty white.

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References

  1. "Die Pterophor Arten aus West- und Zentralasiens, 1. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. "Synonymical and distributional List of the species of Ankara Province". Archive.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.