Stenodacma wahlbergi

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Stenodacma wahlbergi
Pterophoridae Plume Moth Stenodacma wahlbergi 8231.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenodacma
Species:
S. wahlbergi
Binomial name
Stenodacma wahlbergi
(Zeller, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Trichoptilus wahlbergi
  • Oxyptilus wahlbergi
  • Buckleria wahlbergi
  • Crombrugghia wahlbergi
  • Pterophorus wahlbergi
  • Pterophorus rutilalis Walker, 1864
  • Oxyptilus rutilans E. Wollaston, 1879
  • Stenodacma iranella Amsel, 1959

Stenodacma wahlbergi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1851. It is known from Japan (Honshu, Kyushu, Tsushima), China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Sri Lanka, India, Central, East and South Africa, St. Helena, Mauritius, the Seychelles and Rodriguez Island. It has recently been recorded from Vietnam.[1] Records for Australia were based on synonymisation with Stenodacma pyrrhodes.

The length of the forewings is 6–7 mm. Adults emerge from April to October in Japan.

The larvae feed on Oxalis species (including Oxalis corniculata), Ipomoea batatas and Vitaceae (). They feed on the leaf and pod of the host plant.

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