Biology:Stenoptilodes brevipennis

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Stenoptilodes brevipennis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilodes
Species:
S. brevipennis
Binomial name
Stenoptilodes brevipennis
(Zeller, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia brevipennis Zeller, 1874
  • Platyptilia crenulata Barnes & McDunnough, 1913
  • Stenoptilodes amrishi Makhan, 1994

Stenoptilodes brevipennis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Argentina , Belize, Brazil , Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Uruguay, as well as most of the United States and southern Canada .

The wingspan is 12–14 millimetres (0.47–0.55 in). Adults are on wing in January, March, April, May, July, November and December.

The larvae feed on Mecardonia acuminata and Russelia equistiformis.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7607833 entry