Pterophorus pentadactylus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Hao, Shulian, Kendrick, Roger C. & Li, Houhun, 2008, Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Pterophoridae, with description of one new species (Insecta, Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 1821, pp. 37-48 : 46

Pterophorus pentadactylus ( Linnaeus, 1758)

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Phalaena Alucita pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758: 542 . Phalaena tridactyla Scopoli, 1763: 257 .

Aciptilia pentadactyla var. sulphurea Staudinger, 1880: 433 .

Material examined. CHINA: 1 Ψ, Hong Kong, New Territories, Shek Kong, Kadoorie Agricultural Research Centre, 1.i.1997 (Roger C. Kendrick).

Hostplants. Convolvulus arvensis Linn. , Calystegia sepium (Linn.) (Convolvulaceae) ( Gielis, 2003). Distribution. China ( Hong Kong, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Xinjiang), Palearctic Region.

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FIGURES 11 – 18. Adults of Pterophoridae. 11, Sphenarches anisodactylus (Walker); 12, Stenoptilodes taprobanes (Felder & Rogenhofer); 13, Adaina microdactyla (Hübner); 14, Hellinsia lienigiana (Zeller); 15, Hellinsia sichuana Arenberger; 16, Pterophorus maolanensis Li; 17, Pterophorus pentadactylus (Linnaeus); 18, Pterophorus attenuatus sp. nov.