Paraplatyptilia metzneri

Paraplatyptilia metzneri is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in France, Switzerland, Italy, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Russia, Turkey, China, Iran[2] and Mongolia.[3]

Paraplatyptilia metzneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pterophoridae
Genus:
Paraplatyptilia
Species:
P. metzneri
Binomial name
Paraplatyptilia metzneri
(Zeller, 1841)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus metzneri Zeller, 1841
  • Pterophorus bollii Frey, 1856

The larvae possibly feed on Astragalus species.[4]

References
  1. "Paraplatyptilia metzneri (Zeller, 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. Notes on the tribes Platyptiliini and Exelastini from Iran (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Free Web. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  4. Paraplatyptilia at funet


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