Buckleria parvulus
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Buckleria |
Species: | B. parvulus
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Binomial name | |
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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
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Species Buckleria parvulus – Sundew Plume Moth – Hodges#6098". BugGuide. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
- ^ "Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida" (PDF). Plume Moth. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ^ "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.