Buckleria paludum ( Zeller, 1839 )

Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, Zootaxa 4915 (2), pp. 201-236 : 206

19. Buckleria paludum ( Zeller, 1839) ( Plate 2 , Fig. 1 )

Pterophorus paludum Zeller, 1839 ; Isis Jena, 25: 277.

Pterophorus amaurodactylus Zeller, 1839 ; Isis Jena, 25: 277.

Trichoptilus paludicola Fletcher, 1907 ; Spolia Zeylanica, 5: 20.

Pselnophorus dolichos Matsumura, 1931 ; 6000 Illustrated Insects of the Japan-Empire: 1056.

TL: Germany.

Distribution: India (Uttarakhand), Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Siberia, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand.

Host: Larvae feed on Cleome (Capparaceae) and buds and leaves of Drosera burmannii , D. rotundifolia , D. spathulata , and D. indica (Droseraceae) .

Illustrations: Wing venation, male and female genitalia ( Gielis 1993: figs 64, 123, 187).

Figures

PLATE 2. Adult photographs of family Pterophoridae

FIG. 1a. Dominant family of superfamily Pterophoroidea FIG. 1b. Dominant subfamily of family Pterophoridae