Stenoptilia zophodactylus
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Description
95. Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, [1840]) (Plate 6, Fig. 7)
Pterophorus zophodactylus Duponchel, [1840]; Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères, 11: 668.
Pterophorus loewii Zeller, 1847; Isis Jena, 31 (1): 38.
Pterophorus canalis Walker, 1864; List of specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 30: 944.
Mimeseoptilus semicostata Zeller, 1873; Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-k̂niglichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschft in Wien, 23: 323.
TL: France.
Distribution: India, Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Congo, Corse, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rep. South Africa, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, U.S.A., Vietnam, Zimbabwe.
Host: Larvae feed on leaves of Blumea balsamifera (Asteraceae) and flowers and seeds of Sopubia trifida (Scrophulariaceae). Gielis (1996) also reported Centaurium erythraea, C. umbellatum, C. littoralis, C. pulchellum, Blackstonia perfoliata, Gentianella germanica, G. diemensis, Gentiana lutea, Erythraea venusta (Gentianiacaea), Sopubia trifida (Orobanchaceae), and Blumea balsamifera (Asteraceae).
Illustrations: Genitalia (Gielis 1993: figs 169, 231).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Duponchel
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Genus
- Stenoptilia
- Species
- zophodactylus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840) sec. Pathania, Das & Chandra, 2021
References
- Zeller, P. C. (1847) Bemerkungen uber die auf einer Reise nach Italien und Sicilien beobachteten Schmetter lingsarten. Isis von Oken, 40, 895 - 910.
- Walker, F. (1864) Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. In: List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Vol. 30. Trustees of the British Museum, London, pp. 834 - 1096.
- Zeller P. C. (1873) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der nordamericanischen Nachtfalter, besonders der Mikrolepidopteren. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-K ˆ niglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23, 201 - 334. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9391
- Gielis, C. (1996) Pterophoridae. In: Huemer, P., Karsholt, O. & Lyneborg, L. (Eds.), Microlepidoptera of Europe. Vol. 1. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 1 - 222, 16 pls., 288 figs.
- Gielis, C. (1993) Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen, 290, 1 - 139.