Biology:Buszkoiana

Short description: Monotypic genus of plume moths

Buszkoiana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Tribe:	Platyptiliini
Genus:	Buszkoiana Koçak, 1981
Species:	B. capnodactylus
Binomial name
Buszkoiana capnodactylus (Zeller, 1841)
Synonyms
Pterophorus capnodactylus Zeller, 1841 Richardia capnodactylus Platyptilia diversicilia Filipjev, 1931

Buszkoiana is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae, containing only one species, Buszkoiana capnodactylus, which is known from Hungary, Poland , southern Germany , Denmark , the southern tip of the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Albania, Ukraine and southern Russia .

The moth is 18–24 mm for males and 22–27 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Petasites hybridus.

Taxonomy

Buszkoiana is the replacement name for Richardia Buszko, 1978

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5002269 entry