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]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Paraplatyptilia |
Species: | P. metzneri
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Binomial name | |
Paraplatyptilia metzneri | |
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The larvae possibly feed on Astragalus species.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Paraplatyptilia metzneri (Zeller, 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ Notes on the tribes Platyptiliini and Exelastini from Iran (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Free Web. Retrieved 21 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Paraplatyptilia at funet