Wheeleria sobeidae

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

Wheeleria sobeidae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Iran, [1] Afghanistan [2] and Turkey. [3]

The wingspan is 16–25 millimetres (0.63–0.98 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). Landes Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. "Pterygot Insects of Afghanistan - A tentative synonymic list of the species known in Afghanistan". Archive.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  3. "Synonymical and distributional List of the species of Erzurum Province (North East Turkey)". Archive.org. Retrieved 21 June 2011.