Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, [1840])

Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, Zootaxa 4915 (2), pp. 201-236 : 221

95. Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, [1840]) ( Plate 6 , Fig. 7)

Pterophorus zophodactylus Duponchel, [1840] ; Histoire Naturelle des Lépidoptères, 11: 668.

Pterophorus loewii Zeller, 1847 ; Isis Jena, 31 (1): 38.

Pterophorus canalis Walker, 1864 ; List of specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 30: 944.

Mimeseoptilus semicostata Zeller, 1873 ; Verhandlungen der kaiserlich-k̂niglichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschft in Wien, 23: 323.

TL: France.

Distribution: India, Albania, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Congo, Corse, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Luxemburg, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Rep. South Africa, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovenia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Thailand, U.S.A., Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

Host: Larvae feed on leaves of Blumea balsamifera (Asteraceae) and flowers and seeds of Sopubia trifida (Scrophulariaceae) . Gielis (1996) also reported Centaurium erythraea , C. umbellatum , C. littoralis , C. pulchellum , Blackstonia perfoliata , Gentianella germanica , G. diemensis , Gentiana lutea , Erythraea venusta (Gentianiacaea) , Sopubia trifida (Orobanchaceae) , and Blumea balsamifera (Asteraceae) .

Illustrations: Genitalia ( Gielis 1993: figs 169, 231).

Figures

PLATE 6. Adult photographs of family Pterophoridae