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Buckleria paludum (European Sundew Moth)

Synonyms: Pselnophorus dolichos (heterotypic); Pterophorus amaurodactylus; Pterophorus paludidactyla; Pterophorus paludum (homotypic); Trichoptilus paludicola (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The European sundew moth, Buckleria paludum, is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It has a wide range in the Palearctic and Oriental region and is found from Europe to Japan, as well as India and Sri Lanka. The wingspan is about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). In western Europe, adults emerge in June and again in August, flying mainly from dusk onwards. There are two generations per year. The larvae feed on the leaf and pod of the Drosera rotundifolia.
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Prey / Diet

Drosera burmannii (tropical sundew)[1]

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1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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