Biology:Emmelina buscki
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Emmelina |
| Species: | E. buscki
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| Emmelina buscki (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
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Emmelina buscki is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in North America.[2]
The wingspan is 20–21 mm. Adults are tawny or brownish white, the abdomen with a slight brown dorsal stripe and some brown scales on the sides and below. The forewings are whitish tawny with scattered brown scales forming a dot in the cell and a dash before the cleft which projects toward a costal spot beyond the base of the cleft. The fringes are gray brown. The hindwings and fringes are gray brown.[3] Adults are on wing in February, August, September and December.[4]
The larvae feed on Ipomoea indica.[5] They skeletonize the young leaves of their host plant.
References
- ↑ "460151.00 – 6159 – Emmelina buscki – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6159. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
- ↑ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America
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- ↑ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011)". http://www.zoologischemededelingen.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=zoomed;idno=8503a01.
- ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida
Wikidata ☰ Q5373417 entry
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