Stenoptilodes antirrhina

Stenoptilodes antirrhina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilodes
Species:
S. antirrhina
Binomial name
Stenoptilodes antirrhina
(Lange, 1940)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia antirrhina Lange, 1940

Stenoptilodes antirrhina, the snapdragon plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from California in the United States, but also from greenhouses in the south-eastern U.S. that have received cuttings of snapdragon from California.[1]

The wingspan is 15–25 mm.

The larvae feed on Antirrhinum species (including Antirrhinum majus), as well as Pelargonium x hortorum.[2]

References

  1. ^ EPPO Reporting Service
  2. ^ "Stenoptilodes genus at Bug Guide". Bug Guide. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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