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Puerphorus olbiadactylus

Synonyms: Gypsochares leptodactyla; Pselnophorus hemiargus (heterotypic); Pterophorus olbiadactylus (homotypic); Puerphorus hemiargus

Wikipedia Abstract

Puerphorus is a genus of moth in the Pterophoridae family containing only one species, Puerphorus olbiadactylus, which is known from Yemen, Afghanistan, Algeria, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, southern Europe and Turkey. The larvae feed on Phagnalon rupestre, Phagnalon saxatile, Phagnalon sordidum and Phagnalon telonense.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
L-Imgiebah / Tal-Mignuna Area 436 Malta  

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Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0