Buckleria parvulus

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Buckleria parvulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Buckleria
Species:
B. parvulus
Binomial name
Buckleria parvulus
(Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Trichoptilus parvulus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Buckleria parvulus, the sundew plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1965 from Archbold Biological Station, Florida. It is found in the south-eastern United States, including Florida, North Carolina,[2] Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas.

Its average wingspan is about 12 millimetres (0.47 in).

The

flowers of their host plant.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "460072.00 – 6098 – Buckleria parvulus – Sundew Plume Moth – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. ^ "Species Buckleria parvulus – Sundew Plume Moth – Hodges#6098". BugGuide. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  3. ^ "Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida" (PDF). Plume Moth. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  4. ^ "The Sundew Plume Moth, Buckleria parvulus (Barnes & Lindsey) (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Plume Moth. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.