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Pleuroptya ruralis (Mother of Pearl Moth)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Patania ruralis, the mother of pearl moth, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Scopoli in 1763. It is found in Europe. The species is notable for its rolling locomotion. The wingspan is 26–40 mm. The moth flies from June to September depending on the location. The larvae feed on stinging nettle. Scientists used the rolling behavior of the caterpillar as a model to create next-generation robots that roll .
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Infraspecies

Pleuroptya ruralis flavescens
Pleuroptya ruralis ruralis

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Filipendula ulmaria (Meadowsweet)[1]
Glycine max (soybean)[2]
Humulus lupulus (common hops)[1]
Urtica dioica (California nettle)[3]
Zea mays (corn)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Rhinolophus euryale (Mediterranean horseshoe bat)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Ecology of Commanster
♦ 4Arrizabalaga-Escudero, Aitor et al. (2019), Data from: Trait-based functional dietary analysis provides a better insight into the foraging ecology of bats, v2, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f611bn3
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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