Wheeleria obsoletus

(Wheeleria obsoletus)

Description

Wheeleria obsoletus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in France, Italy, Austria, Sardinia, Sicily, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic Macedonia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Cyprus, Turkmenistan, Asia Minor and western Asia. Adults are on wing from April (the Palestinian Territories) or the end of May (Europe) to August in one generation per year. The larvae feed on Ballota nigra, Marrubium vulgare and Marrubium peregrinum.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Wheeleria
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