Pterophorus furcatalis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Genus
- Pterophorus
- Species
- Pterophorus furcatalis
- Scientific Name
- Pterophorus furcatalis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pterophorus furcatalis
Pterophorus furcatalis, the Pittosporum plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was first described by Frances Walker and is endemic to New Zealand. This species can be found throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands. Its preferred habitat is dense native bush. Larval host plants include Pittosporum eugenioides and Pittosporum crassicaule. Adult moths are on the wing from November to March and are attracted to light.
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- Pittosporum plume
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pterophorus africanus
- Pterophorus albidus
- Pterophorus aliubasignum
- Pterophorus ashanti
- Pterophorus bacteriopa
- Pterophorus baliolus
- Pterophorus candidalis
- Pterophorus ceraunia
- Pterophorus chionadelpha
- Pterophorus chosokeialis
- Pterophorus cleronoma
- Pterophorus dallastai
- Pterophorus denticulata
- Pterophorus ebbei
- Pterophorus elaeopus
- Pterophorus endophaeus
- Pterophorus flavus
- Pterophorus furcatalis
- Pterophorus innotatalis
- Pterophorus ischnodactyla
- Pterophorus ischnodactylus
- Pterophorus kuningus
- Pterophorus lacteipennis
- Pterophorus lamottei
- Pterophorus lampra
- Pterophorus legrandi
- Pterophorus leucadactylus
- Pterophorus lieftincki
- Pterophorus lindneri
- Pterophorus massai
- Pterophorus melanopoda
- Pterophorus monodactylus
- Pterophorus monospilalis
- Pterophorus nigropunctatus
- Pterophorus niveodactyla
- Pterophorus niveus
- Pterophorus pentadactyla
- Pterophorus periscelidactylus
- Pterophorus rhyparias
- Pterophorus spilodactylus
- Pterophorus spissa
- Pterophorus terrenus
- Pterophorus uzungwe
- Pterophorus virgo
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