Puerphorus

Puerphorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Puerphorus
Arenberger, 1989
Species: P. olbiadactylus
Binomial name
Puerphorus olbiadactylus
(Millière, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus olbiadactylus Millière, 1859
  • Pselnophorus hemiargus Meyrick, 1908
  • Gypsochares leptodactyla Staudinger, 1920

Puerphorus is a genus of moth in the Pterophoridae family containing only one species, Puerphorus olbiadactylus, which is known from Yemen, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, southern Europe and Turkey.

The larvae feed on Phagnalon rupestre, Phagnalon saxatile, Phagnalon sordidum and Phagnalon telonense.

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