Pterophorus wahlbergi
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Pterophorus wahlbergi is a moth
of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Japan
(Honshu, Kyushu, Tsushima), China
, Sri Lanka
, India
, South Africa
, St. Helena, Mauritius
, the Seychelles
and Rodriguez Island. It has recently been recorded from Vietnam
. Records for Australia
where based on synonymisation with Stenodacma pyrrhodes
.
The length of the forewings is 6-7 mm. Adults emerge from April to October in Japan.
The larvae feed on Oxalis
species (including Oxalis corniculata), Ipomoea batatas and Vitis indica. They feed on the leaf and pod of the host plant.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
(Honshu, Kyushu, Tsushima), China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, St. Helena, Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
, the Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
and Rodriguez Island. It has recently been recorded from Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. Records for Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
where based on synonymisation with Stenodacma pyrrhodes
Stenodacma pyrrhodes
Stenodacma pyrrhodes is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It has a wide range and has been recorded from Australia, India, Japan, South Africa, China, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand and Korea.The wingspan is 10-11 mm.-Taxonomy:...
.
The length of the forewings is 6-7 mm. Adults emerge from April to October in Japan.
The larvae feed on Oxalis
Oxalis
Oxalis is by far the largest genus in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae: of the approximately 900 known species in the Oxalidaceae, 800 belong here...
species (including Oxalis corniculata), Ipomoea batatas and Vitis indica. They feed on the leaf and pod of the host plant.