Stangeia xerodes

Stangeia xerodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stangeia
Species:
S. xerodes
Binomial name
Stangeia xerodes
Meyrick, 1886
Synonyms
  • Buckleria xerodes T. B. Fletcher, 1920
  • Trichoptilus xerodes
  • Trichoptilus esakii Hori, 1936
  • Trichoptilus dryites Meyrick, 1936

Stangeia xerodes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in most of mainland Australia, the Ryukyu Islands, Java and Sri Lanka.[1]

The wingspan is about 10 millimetres (0.39 in).

The larvae feed on Cleome, Cajanus cajan and Acacia. They are about 12 millimetres (0.47 in) long, cylindrical and moderately stout. The head is yellowish with an orange tinge, while the colour of the other segments is uniform pale yellow.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fletcher, T.B., 1920. Life Histories of Indian Insects Microlepidoptera. I. Pterophoridae. Memoirs of the Dep. of Agr. in India. Vol.VI (1):1-217
  2. ^ "Life-histories of Indian Insects: Microlepidoptera". Retrieved June 23, 2009. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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