Emmelina buscki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Emmelina
Species:
E. buscki
Binomial name
Emmelina buscki
(Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Adaina buscki Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Emmelina buscki is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1921. It is found in North America.[2]

The wingspan is 20–21 mm. Adults are tawny or brownish white, the abdomen with a slight brown dorsal stripe and some brown scales on the sides and below. The forewings are whitish tawny with scattered brown scales forming a dot in the cell and a dash before the cleft which projects toward a costal spot beyond the base of the cleft. The fringes are gray brown. The hindwings and fringes are gray brown.[3] Adults are on wing in February, August, September and December.[4]

The larvae feed on Ipomoea indica.[5] They skeletonize the young leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ "460151.00 – 6159 – Emmelina buscki – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Neotropical Pterophoridae 8: The genus Adaina Tutt, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  3. ↑ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ↑ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  5. ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida


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