Capperia evansi: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Genus
- Capperia
- Species
- Capperia evansi
- Scientific Name
- Capperia evansi
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Capperia evansi
Capperia evansi is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Canada.
The wingspan is about 14 mm. Adults are on wing in the beginning of June and again from the middle of July to the beginning of August in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Scutellaria species. They damage the main stem of the host plant and make it droop. The larvae are hidden amongst withered leaves.
...Capperia evansi in languages:
- English
- Evans's Plume Moth
- English
- Evans' Plume Moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Capperia agadirensis
- Capperia bonneaui
- Capperia britanniodactylus
- Capperia celeusi
- Capperia evansi
- Capperia fusca
- Capperia hellenica
- Capperia jozana
- Capperia loranus
- Capperia maratonica
- Capperia marginellus
- Capperia marrubii
- Capperia morogoroa
- Capperia ningoris
- Capperia polonica
- Capperia raptor
- Capperia taurica
- Capperia trichodactyla
- Capperia washbournei
- Capperia washbourni
- Capperia zelleri