Wheeleria parviflorellus

Wheeleria parviflorellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Wheeleria
Species:	W. parviflorellus
Binomial name
	Wheeleria parviflorellus; (Arenberger, 1981)
Synonyms
	Pterophorus parviflorellusArenberger, 1981;

Last updated August 30, 2025

Wheeleria parviflorellus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in Afghanistan. It was described by Ernst Arenberger in 1981.^[1]

The wingspan is 16–22 millimetres (0.63–0.87 in). The ground colour is white.^[2] Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Stachys parviflora .

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus parviflorellus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 15, 2018.
↑ Arenberger, Ernst (1981). "Die Pterophorus-Arten West- und Zentralasiens, 2. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen (in German). 33 (1/2): 17–29.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus parviflorellus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 15, 2018.

[2] Arenberger, Ernst (1981). "Die Pterophorus-Arten West- und Zentralasiens, 2. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen (in German). 33 (1/2): 17–29.

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