Biology:Paraplatyptilia metzneri

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Paraplatyptilia metzneri
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

The larvae possibly feed on Astragalus species.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7135718 entry