Wheeleria phlomidis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in southern and central Russia, Asia Minor, Iran, Syria, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories[1] and Greece.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Wheeleria |
| Species: | W. phlomidis
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| Wheeleria phlomidis (Staudinger, 1870)
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The larvae feed on Phlomis species (including Phlomis orientalis).[3]
References
edit- ^ "Die Pterophor Arten aus West- und Zentralasiens, 1. Beitrag (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Landes Museum. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Wheeleria phlomidis (Staudinger, 1870)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ Wheeleria at funet
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