Pterophorus niveodactyla

Pterophorus niveodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Taiwan, China, India, Sri Lanka, Malaya, Java, Sumatra, the Philippines, Borneo, New Guinea, Micronesia, the Bismarck Islands, the Solomon Islands and São Tomé & Principe.

Pterophorus niveodactyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species:
P. niveodactyla
Binomial name
Pterophorus niveodactyla
(Pagenstecher, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Aciptilia niveodactyla Pagenstecher, 1900
  • Alucita niveodactyla

The length of the forewings is 8–9 mm. Adults have whitish wings without dark brown dots.

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Ipomoea species, eating the leaves from the outside and not entering within the unexpanded leaf. They are uniform pale yellowish-green and thickly studded with long tufts of whitish hairs. Pupation takes place in a green pupa, which is thickly covered with pale green hairs and with an interrupted dorsal and sub-dorsal row of black spots.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Life-histories of Indian insects: Microlepidoptera   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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