Wheeleria spilodactylus
| Wheeleria spilodactylus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Tribe: | Pterophorini |
| Genus: | Wheeleria |
| Species: | W. spilodactylus |
| Binomial name | |
| Wheeleria spilodactylus Curtis, 1827 | |
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Wheeleria spilodactylus (the horehound plume moth) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is endemic to South-Western and Central Europe and the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and North Africa. It has been introduced to Australia as a biocontrol agent for Marrubium vulgare.[1]
Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6
The wingspan is 20–25 millimetres (0.79–0.98 in). Adults are on wing from July to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on Ballota nigra and Marrubium vulgare.
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