Paraplatyptilia metzneri

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]

Paraplatyptilia metzneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Paraplatyptilia
Species:
P. metzneri
Binomial name
Paraplatyptilia metzneri
(Zeller, 1841)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus metzneri Zeller, 1841
  • Pterophorus bollii Frey, 1856

The larvae possibly feed on Astragalus species.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Paraplatyptilia metzneri (Zeller, 1841)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. ^ Notes on the tribes Platyptiliini and Exelastini from Iran (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) Archived 2012-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Fazekas, Imre (2003). "Federmotten aus der Mongolei, Russland, der Türkei, der Balkanhalbinsel und Afrika, mit Beschreibung neuer Arten (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" [Five new species, distribution records of plume moths from Mongolia, Russia, Turkey, Balkans and the Africa (Microlepidoptera: Pterophoridae)]. Folia comloensis (in German). 12: 5–24.
  4. ^ Paraplatyptilia at funet